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Definition of Towboat

1. Noun. A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships.

Definition of Towboat

1. n. A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.

Definition of Towboat

1. Noun. (nautical) a squat powerful boat designed to push barges ¹

2. Noun. A vessel constructed for being towed, such as a canal boat. ¹

3. Noun. A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Towboat

1. a tugboat [n -S] - See also: tugboat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Towboat

Literary usage of Towboat

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

1. Illustrative Cases on Equity Jurisprudence by Harry Burns Hutchins, Robert Emmet Bunker (1903)
"In re SCHUYLER'S STEAM towboat CO. (32 NE 623, 136 NY 169. ... Proceeding for the dissolution of the Schuy- ler's Steam towboat Company. ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"Phil. cnid Havre de Grace Steam towboat Co. 1. That the District Court of the United States has no jurisdiction in a case like the present. ..."

3. Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico by New Mexico Supreme Court, Supreme Court, New Mexico (1896)
"... but the appellate court will not reverse in such a case, unless the ruling is manifestly erroneous;" and cities in support thereof towboat Company v. ..."

4. Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports: Supplementary to Rose's by Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose (1905)
"510, upholding order on accounting of receivership charging receiver personally with payment of debts incurred by him in towboat company. 100 US 158-195, ..."

5. Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by John William Wallace, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"Statement of the case. towboat Diana, which was to tow her to sea from New Orleans. The Diana proceeded down the Mississippi with her tow, ..."

6. The Law of Railroad Rate Regulation: With Special Reference to American by Joseph Henry Beale, Bruce Wyman (1906)
"It might well be said that under such circumstances the towboat or tug is ... But a second and quite different method of employing a towboat is where she ..."

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