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Definition of Towboats
1. towboat [n] - See also: towboat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Towboats
Literary usage of Towboats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1915)
"towboats Alterations to Power Plant of Stern- Wheel Towboat ... 56358 A. Review of
United States Army Engineers' Report on Experimental towboats. H. McL. ..."
2. The British Consuls in the Confederacy by Milledge Louis Bonham (1911)
"... bar by the I4th. He thought some of the towboats had been turned into privateers,
whereupon he was given a list of those employed by the " Association. ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1887)
"... forwarding goods to their destina- gage for hire;1 owners of canal- boats ;'•*
towboats used in towing barges or other water craft loaded with freight, ..."
4. Marine Fire Prevention, Firefighting and Fire Safety: A Comprehensive (1994)
"Beware of hanging fenders from moving towboats as they come alongside stationary
tows, docks, pilings or sea walls. FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT FOR TUGBOATS ..."
5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1906)
"business with steamboats engaged in interstate commerce;" that "ever since its
incorporation it has been engaged in business as owner of towboats, plying on ..."
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