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Boatlift

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of boat lift (“mechanism used for raising and lowering boats on a canal vertically from one water level to another”). alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    To transport (a large exodus of people, etc.) by boat. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From boat + lift.

Etymology 2

From boat + lift.

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