| 单词 |
float-boat |
| 释义 |
ˈfloat-boat [f. float n. or v. + boat n.] †1. A ship's long-boat. Obs. So called because it was not carried on board like the other boats, but towed astern.
1322Close Roll 15 Ed. II. mem. 8 (= Calendar p. 453) Navicula sua que vocatur flotebate. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. (1846) I. 120 Schortlie thare after the Admirall schot a flote boite, which..sounded the deipe, and so returned to hir schippe. 1659Torriano, Záttara, a Float-boat, or long boat to attend a great ship. 2. A raft.
1600Holland Livy xxi. lvi. (1609) 425 The remnant..passed Trebia with float-boats and flat barges. 1810James Milit. Dict. (ed. 3) Float-boat, a raft upon which persons or things may be conveyed by water. |

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