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Definition of Pleasure boat

1. Noun. A large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board.

Definition of Pleasure boat

1. Noun. A motorboat used for recreational activities, such as sport fishing or touring. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleasure Boat

Literary usage of Pleasure boat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Journal (1877)
"as from the shore, and sometimes ply their vocation in what to untrained eyes is a simple pleasure-boat— emerging from their refuge in the guise of ..."

2. The Law Relating to Waters, Sea, Tidal, and Inland: Including Rights and by Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes (1902)
"Every person applying to the Conservators for renewal of the registration of or certificate for a pleasure boat shall furnish the same information and make ..."

3. The Life of Robert Fulton and a History of Steam Navigation by Thomas Wallace Knox (1886)
"... gear operated by steam, or even with the old-fashioned wheel, where the men stand up to their work. Steam Pleasure-Boat. ..."

4. The Poets of America edited by John Keese (1840)
"THE pleasure boat. BY RH DANA. COME, hoist the sail, the fast let go! They 're seated side by side; Wave chases wave in pleasant flow: The hay is ..."

5. Appletons' Journal (1877)
"as from the shore, and sometimes ply their vocation in what to untrained eyes is a simple pleasure-boat— emerging from their refuge in the guise of ..."

6. The Law Relating to Waters, Sea, Tidal, and Inland: Including Rights and by Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes (1902)
"Every person applying to the Conservators for renewal of the registration of or certificate for a pleasure boat shall furnish the same information and make ..."

7. The Life of Robert Fulton and a History of Steam Navigation by Thomas Wallace Knox (1886)
"... gear operated by steam, or even with the old-fashioned wheel, where the men stand up to their work. Steam Pleasure-Boat. ..."

8. The Poets of America edited by John Keese (1840)
"THE pleasure boat. BY RH DANA. COME, hoist the sail, the fast let go! They 're seated side by side; Wave chases wave in pleasant flow: The hay is ..."

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