e/Ark (river boat)

Information
has gloss	eng: An ark was a temporary boat used for river transport in eastern North America before canals and railroads made them obsolete. Arks were built primarily to carry cargo downriver on the spring freshet to carry lumber or logs and agricultural produce to a port city downriver. Upon arrival, the cargo was sold, the ark was dismantled and its lumber was also sold, and the ark pilots returned home on foot or horseback. Despite the slowness of the craft, it was stable and with a skilled crew was capable of maneuvering through fairly narrow points. Other river craft, usually the batteau or bateau worked alongside the arks, ferrying the workers while the horses and bunks and supplies floated down the larger, stable structures. Some arks in the Susquehanna River system were up to 75 feet long. The arks within the Greenbrier River in West Virginia averaged sixty feet save for the larger cooking arks used to feed loggers four times a day.
lexicalization	eng: ark
instance of	c/Ship types

Meaning
German
has gloss	deu: Der Kahn ist die allgemeine Bezeichnung eines für Flüsse, Binnen- und Hafengewässer einsetzbaren kleinen, flachbodigen ungedeckten Wasserfahrzeuges. Traditionell wurden Kähne durch Muskelkraft (Staken, Treideln, Paddeln, Rudern), Windkraft (Segeln) oder Maschinenkraft (Dampf- und Dieselschlepper, Schubboot, Stoßboot) angetrieben. Die Größe schwankt zwischen wenigen Metern und etwa 70 m Länge. Die Bezeichnung Kahn ist eine der ältesten urkundlich erwähnten Bootsbezeichnungen an der Ostseeküste.
lexicalization	deu: kahn
French
has gloss	fra: Un canot est un petit bateau non ponté manœuvré à la rame, à l'aviron, à la godille, à la pagaie ou au moteur.
lexicalization	fra: canot
Turkish
has gloss	tur: Kano (İspanyolca: canoa, Fransızca: canot) güvertesi olmayan kürekli, buharlı veya motorlu tekne.
lexicalization	tur: kano