ferryboat
nounUS /ˈfɛɹiˌboʊt/ · UK /ˈfɛɹiˌbəʊt/
Etymology From ferry + boat.
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Nautical, Transport A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
- He insists that it is practically undisputed that, when the ferryboat crossed the bow of the tug to make her slip, she crossed at a distance of at least 300 feet away1893, James Wells Goodwin, Peyton Boyle, Robert Desty, The Federal reporter, volume 54, page 206:
- The ferryboat "Argentina" rides toward Golden Gate, her ocean-going prow slicing the waves.1940, LIFE, Sep 2, 1940, page 59:
1 more example
- It was on this vessel that the founder of the second largest ferryboat company on Puget Sound...1983, Mary Stiles Kline, George Albert Bayless, Ferryboats: a legend on Puget Sound, link:
- Derived terms
- ferryboater, ferryboating, ferryboatman