Flyboat
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A large flat-bottomed Dutch coasting vessel.
"August 14, 1595, Thomas Treffry, letter to Sir Robert Cecil a ship of Bristol was chased into this harbour by two Spanish fly-boats, and they report […] that there are five men of war, Spanish, in the road of Conquet"
- 2 A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals.
Example
More examples"August 14, 1595, Thomas Treffry, letter to Sir Robert Cecil a ship of Bristol was chased into this harbour by two Spanish fly-boats, and they report […] that there are five men of war, Spanish, in the road of Conquet"
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch vlieboot, but re-analysed as fly + boat.
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