Barge vs. Tow

Bargenoun

A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

Towverb

(transitive) To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.

Bargenoun

A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.

Towverb

To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.

Bargenoun

A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.

Townoun

The act of towing and the condition of being towed.

‘It isn't the car's battery; I think I need a tow.’;

Bargenoun

One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars

Townoun

Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

Bargenoun

The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.

Townoun

Something, such as a barge, that is towed.

Bargenoun

(US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.

Townoun

A rope or cable used in towing.

Bargenoun

A large omnibus used for excursions.

Townoun

(motor racing) A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.

Bargeverb

To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.

Townoun

An untwisted bundle of fibers such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.

Bargeverb

(transitive) To push someone.

Townoun

(specifically) The short, coarse, less desirable fibers separated by hackling from the finer longer fibers (line).

Bargenoun

A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.

Townoun

The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

Bargenoun

A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.

Townoun

A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.

Bargenoun

A large boat used by flag officers.

Townoun

The act of towing, or the state of being towed; - chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.

Bargenoun

A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.

Townoun

That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.

Bargenoun

A large omnibus used for excursions.

Towverb

To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.

Bargenoun

a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

Townoun

the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope;

‘the truck gave him a tow to the garage’;

Bargeverb

push one's way;

‘she barged into the meeting room’;

Towverb

drag behind;

‘Horses used to tow barges along the canal’;

Bargeverb

transport by barge on a body of water

Barge

A barge is a shoal-draft flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of bulk goods. Originally barges were towed by draft horses on an adjacent towpath.