barge Definition

any of various boats: such as

a roomy usually flat-bottomed boat used chiefly for the transport of goods on inland waterways and usually propelled by towing

a large motorboat supplied to the flag officer of a flagship

to carry by barge

to move ponderously or clumsily

to thrust oneself heedlessly or unceremoniously

to suddenly and rudely interrupt or disturb (something or someone)

canal 363 miles (584 kilometers) long in northern New York from the Hudson River at Albany to Lake Erie at Buffalo; built 1817—25; superseded by the New York State Barge Canal (about 525 miles, or 840 kilometers, long)