noun
- a flat-bottomed boat with a broad bow, used for transporting freight
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The workers loaded sand onto the scow at the dock.
- A scow carried construction materials across the harbor.
- The old scow was used to transport coal along the river.
- They watched the scow slowly make its way downstream.
- The captain steered the heavy scow toward the loading pier.
- Several scows were moored at the industrial waterfront.