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Definition of Surfboats
1. surfboat [n] - See also: surfboat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surfboats
Literary usage of Surfboats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Technical World (1904)
"The boats may be divided into two classes— surfboats and lifeboats. The surfboat,
although practically a lifeboat, is less LIFEBOAT ON LAUNCHING CARRIAGE. ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"It is of necessity heavy and cumbersome, and the record for actual service is on
the whole favorable to the smaller and lighter surfboats adopted by our own ..."
3. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1921)
"flag and pyrotechnic signals, heaving sticks and lines, life preservers, life
cars, and lifeboats, surfboats, and other types of boats. ..."
4. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1921)
"flag and pyrotechnic signals, heaving sticks and lines, life preservers, life
cars, and lifeboats, surfboats, and other types of boats. ..."
5. The Technical World (1904)
"The boats may be divided into two classes— surfboats and lifeboats. The surfboat,
although practically a lifeboat, is less LIFEBOAT ON LAUNCHING CARRIAGE. ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"It is of necessity heavy and cumbersome, and the record for actual service is on
the whole favorable to the smaller and lighter surfboats adopted by our own ..."
7. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1921)
"flag and pyrotechnic signals, heaving sticks and lines, life preservers, life
cars, and lifeboats, surfboats, and other types of boats. ..."
8. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1921)
"flag and pyrotechnic signals, heaving sticks and lines, life preservers, life
cars, and lifeboats, surfboats, and other types of boats. ..."