Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vessel considered with reference to her sea-going qualities or behavior at sea: as, a good or a bad sea-boat.
- noun A sea-bug.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A boat or vessel adapted to the open sea; hence, a vessel considered with reference to her power of resisting a storm, or maintaining herself in a heavy sea.
- (Zoöl.) A chiton.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
boat designed for use atsea .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a boat that is seaworthy; that is adapted to the open seas
Etymologies
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Examples
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She was said to be a sturdy seaboat, and was well equipped by the merchants of Honfleur.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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She was said to be a sturdy seaboat, and was well equipped by the merchants of Honfleur.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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She certainly was a capital seaboat and lay-to now as easily as if she were at anchor in the Mersey, though the wind was whistling through the rigging and the ocean far and wide white with foam, bowing and scraping to the big waves that rolled in after her like an old dowager duchess in
The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin
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She leaked; her timbers were poor material for a seaboat in quarters where heavy weather was to be expected; and the accommodation she offered for a fairly extended cruise was cramped and uncomfortable.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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The little _Higo_ was not a bad seaboat, for, following good advice, her owners had provided her with rolling beams; but, mind you, she had by no means the steadiness of a rock, nor did she pretend to cut the water at the rate of twenty knots an hour.
Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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Seabird is as good a seaboat as anything of her size that floats; but you don't know what it is to be out in anything like a heavy sea in a thirty tonner.
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In spite of her top-hamper the officers speak of her qualities as a seaboat, and of her performance during a succession of heavy gales, in terms of the highest praise.
Destruction of a Federal American Ship by a Confederate Sloop of War. 1861
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But the Travancore was an able seaboat, and we went along very well until we were run into by a steamer in the darkness and mist early this morning.
Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Oliver Optic 1859
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Not a better seaboat could be found between the mainland and the Hebrides.
The Three Commanders William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The _Tornado_ proved herself a first-rate seaboat; indeed, had she not been so, she would have shared the fate of so many other vessels during that fearful gale.
The Three Commanders William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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