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Definition of Pleasure craft
1. Noun. A large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board.
Generic synonyms: Motorboat, Powerboat
Derivative terms: Cruise
Definition of Pleasure craft
1. Noun. A motorboat used for recreational activities, such as sport fishing or touring. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleasure Craft
Literary usage of Pleasure craft
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... of the United States is rapidly becoming a thing of the past; but the art of
building them has been preserved by their construction as pleasure-craft. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"It is to the Dutch that we chiefly owe the original cf our pleasure craft, but,
.... to the development of pleasure craft upon rivers and inland waters, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"In this pleasure craft Captain Crowninshield made, in 1817, a cruise to European
... Between 1830 and 1840 we find numerous pleasure craft in New York and! ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"It is to the Dutch that we chiefly owe the original of our pleasure craft, but,
though we have developed these enormously, the Dutch boats have remained ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... of the United States is rapidly becoming a thing of the past; but the art of
building them has been preserved by their construction as pleasure-craft. ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"It is to the Dutch that we chiefly owe the original cf our pleasure craft, but,
.... to the development of pleasure craft upon rivers and inland waters, ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"In this pleasure craft Captain Crowninshield made, in 1817, a cruise to European
... Between 1830 and 1840 we find numerous pleasure craft in New York and! ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"It is to the Dutch that we chiefly owe the original of our pleasure craft, but,
though we have developed these enormously, the Dutch boats have remained ..."
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