Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Navigable by boats or small river-craft.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Such as can be transported in a boat.
  • adjective Navigable for boats, or small river craft.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Capable of being transported by boat.
  • adjective Navigable by boats.

Etymologies

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boat +‎ -able

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  • (adjective) - Capable of being navigated by boats. The word originated in America but proved so useful that it has found its way into British English dictionaries. "The river is not boatable for several months in the year."

    --M. Schlele De Vere's Americanisms: The English of the New World, 1872

    January 16, 2018