Plural of gabbard; multiple flat-bottomed barges or cargo vessels used for river and canal transport.
Simple plural of gabbard, used to describe fleets or multiple vessels of this type.
Fleets of gabbards formed medieval supply chains—connected by rope to each other or pulled by horses along the canal towpath, they could deliver enormous amounts of goods that would take weeks by land cart!
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