English

hoverbarge

From hover + barge.

A compound of hover + barge

Middle English hoveren ‘to float in the air, hover’

English hover

Egyptian bꜣjrb-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1 ‘transport ship’

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Late Latin barca ‘baris’

Vulgar Latin *barga

Old French barge ‘boat’

Middle English barge ‘a medium ship or boat, especially one…’

English barge

Today it means

noun A barge that uses hovercraft technology, suitable for transporting goods over swampy surfaces.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hoverbarge