The boat was a crude, shallow-draught affair with an almost flat bottom.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wicked Day]

Fifteen miles or more to the western end at Abermenai, but the smaller shallow-draught ships, oared by twenty rowers, could cover that distance rapidly.    From Wordnik.com.  [His Disposition] Reference

However, if we do take Crichley's point that there is a general shortage of shallow-draught patrol vessels, then the situation is even worse than he makes out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference

Look at "George Washington Crossing the Delaware": people and horses standing up in a small, shallow-draught boat just for starters but I do know that kind of painting is always intended to be theatrical rather than historical.    From Wordnik.com.  [DesignerBlog] Reference

An event of great importance was the introduction in 1860 of shallow-draught steel gunboats to be used against the piratical Moros of Mindanao.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference

The port's director told the BBC it could be months before it is fully operational, although one large shallow-draught US barge has been unloaded.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC - Ouch] Reference

This matter had reference to the dearth of shallow-draught vessels in the slave squadron vessels capable of following the slavers in over the bars of the African rivers and fighting them upon equal terms.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story] Reference

My wife's great-grandfather, George Hann, was a coal carrier by trade (it's said that the smuggled goods were brought up the Parrett from Bridgwater, to Langport or even Ilchester, on shallow-draught barges, hidden under coal).    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk] Reference