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 Translation for 'barge' from English to French
NOUN   a barge | barges
VERB   to barge | barged | barged
barging | barges
SYNO barge | flatboat | hoy | ...
péniche {f}barge [canal boat]
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comm.naut.
gabare {f}
barge
naut.
chaland {m}
barge [for freight]
interrompre qc. brutalement [conversation]to barge into sth. [interrupt a conversation]
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  • barge [fam.] [fou] = nutty [coll.] [mad]
  • être barge [fam.] [être barjo] = to be bananas [coll.]
  • être barge [fam.] [être barjo] = to be barmy [Br.] [coll.]
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Usage Examples English
  • "Overton County" was sold on 29 June 1959 to Foss Maritime for conversion to a concrete barge, and completed in 1960.
  • According to Archimedes' principle, the barge which enters the caisson drives back towards the canal a quantity of water equivalent to the mass of the barge.
  • A barge to be weighed was brought into a supporting cradle connected by levers to a weighing mechanism.
  • Many locals blame the barge for the catastrophic inundation of the area.
  • Barge Washing- Using water to clean cargo from the deck and/or hopper of a barge. Typically conducted at a barge washing facility.

  • In October 2021, a cast-iron barge was recovered from the nearby Kirkwood Commercial Park.
  • Here, three tracks are provided for loading the barge.
  • On the British canal system, the Thames sailing barge, and Dutch barge and unspecified other styles of barge, are still known as barges.
  • Keane (WB), and under the nickname "The Barge", was an 168-bed jail barge used to hold inmates for the New York City Department of Corrections.
  • The skipper of the barge was commonly also the owner of the opduwer so barge and tugboat formed a working pair.

  • The barge was designed by Burmese architect U Ngwe Hlaing, who based it on the "Pyigyimon" royal barge.
  • was built in 1960 in Belgium and is a "spits" barge with a Dutch luxe motor-style bow.
  • "Prince Frederick's Barge" is a [...] British state barge.
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