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Definition of Iceboats
1. iceboat [n] - See also: iceboat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iceboats
Literary usage of Iceboats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sessional Papersby Canada Parliament by Canada Parliament (1901)
"... Chae., Victoria Crapaud : building six iceboats at 863, ... Robert, Charlottetown :
dressed birch battens for iceboats, 1300 ft 13 47 Sobey, F., ..."
2. Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft All Round the World by Robert Taylor Pritchett (1899)
"THE iceboats of Holland must be accepted as the doyennes of the family. ...
iceboats are undoubtedly a specialty in North America. ..."
3. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"The present iceboats, or yachts, as they are sometimes called, are made on the
... iceboats thus attain wonderful speed. On February 12, 1879, the " Lucille ..."
4. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1853)
"... wagon to carry our baggage, and we walked about six miles to the town of
Goree ; not finding iceboats here, we were obliged ..."
5. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1878)
"A small ice-boat that a boy can build will sail ten to twenty miles an Having
seen some unsuccessful attempts at iceboats by boys in various places, ..."
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