both of which are definable by their greater width. In the context of British inland waterways, a barge is usually a much wider, cargo-carrying boat or a modern boat modelled on one, certainly more than 7 ft wide.

Another historic term for a narrow boat is long boat, which has been noted in the Midlands and especially on the River Severn and connecting waterways to Birmingham.

There is not a standard term for either boats based on narrowboat design, but too wide for narrow canals; or boats the same width as narrowboats but based

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