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Rail skiffs

Scope note

Use for late-19th- and early-20th-century light shallow-draft boats designed to be poled in marshes in pursuit of various Rallidae, usually flat-bottomed, both cross- and fore-and-aft-planked, and double-ended.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000232755

Broader Terms used

gunning boats

Equivalent Terms used

rail skiff

Created

13yrs ago

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