noun
- A flat-bottomed barge or lighter used for transporting cargo, especially on rivers and canals.
Usage: chiefly Scottish and British; nautical/maritime
Examples
- The gabbart was loaded with coal and towed down the river.
- Scottish merchants used gabbarts to move goods along the waterways.
- The old gabbart sat abandoned at the dock, its wooden hull weathered by years of service.
- Gabbarts were essential for inland water transport before modern roads were built.