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Definition of Longboat
1. Noun. The largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel.
Definition of Longboat
1. n. Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.
Definition of Longboat
1. Noun. (nautical) Among the boats carried by a ship the largest, thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Longboat
1. the largest boat carried by a sailing vessel [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Longboat
Literary usage of Longboat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In the Way of Development: Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization by Mario Blaser, Harvey A. Feit, Glenn McRae (2004)
"Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy Chief Harvey longboat ... Chief longboat
was a central contributor to the development of this project. ..."
2. Status of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Identify Gulf War Syndrome edited by Christopher Shays (1998)
"And Dr. Tiedt, a research and neuroscientist, longboat Key, FL. So far, we've
got two lovely places to live. And Dr. Satu Somani, Professor of Pharmacology ..."
3. Adventure Guide to Tampa Bay and Florida's West Coast by Chelle Koster Walton (2003)
"... sandwiches $4- $7.50 and seafood dishes $10-$19. It's famous for its
all-you-can-eat grouper, prepared fried, blackened or grilled, for $15. longboat ..."
4. Crozet's Voyage to Tasmania, New Zealand, the Ladrone Islands, and the by Crozet, James R. Boosé (1891)
"... and our sailor who had escaped from the longboat had been the sorrowful witness
of the cruelty with which these aborigines divided amongst themselves ..."
5. Boat Sailing in Fair Weather and Foul by Ahmed John Kenealy (1905)
"HOW A SHIP'S longboat WAS ALTERED TO A SNUG CRUISER. WHEN I was a lad it was my
good fortune to live beside an estuary of the sea, within a stone's throw of ..."
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