The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Sampan

Sea Terms

A small Chinese boat with a house built over nearly its entire length.

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2026 Editor's Note: Sampans still crowd Asian harbors and rivers by the tens of thousands — one of the few working boat types in this dictionary essentially unchanged today. See sampan. (Ed: BR 2026-07-03)

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