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A '''gabbart''' is a type of lighter or [[barge]], used in the 17th through 19th century.
They are a small one-masted sailing or coasting vessel. Used mostly for [[inland navigation]] <ref name=YoungsDict/>, especially on the [[River Clyde]] in [[Scotland]]. Transported mainly coal and fish (mainly [[herring]]).
 
Comment from 1877: Gabbarts: Boats of from 30 to 40 tons, which, before the railway was opened to [[Balloch, West Dunbartonshire|Balloch]], carried coals etc., from the Clyde, up the [[River Leven, Dunbartonshire|River Leven]], to various places on the banks of the Loch, taking back cargoes of slates or timber. {{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
 
Gabbart can also refer to the typical Scottish sailing barge, from which most Scottish Canal craft were developed. A long narrow flat vessel or lighter with a hatchway extending almost the full length of the decks, sometimes fitted with masts that may be lowered to pass under bridges.<ref name=YoungsDict>
{{cite book |last=Young |first=Adam |date=1863 |title=Nautical Dictionary |url=https://archive.org/details/ldpd_7518586_000 |page=164}}
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Sloop rigged sailing craft, size 60 ft (ca. 18 m)&nbsp; x 13&nbsp;ft 6&nbsp;inches, designed for the river Clyde.
 
==See also==
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