airboat en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air English boat English airboat From air + boat.
Meanings
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A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water.
No seats were used yet and the pilot of the airboat stood by the engine and operated the throttle manually. Later, a stick control similar to that used in small aircraft was attached to the rudder ropes.
2000, Jim Huffstodt, Everglades Lawmen: True Stories of Danger and Adventure in the Glades, Pineapple Press Inc, →ISBN, page 74:In keeping with that mission, the law called for the use of airboats in the national park to be phased out.
2016 June 11, Lizette Alvarez, “In a Corner of the Everglades, a Way of Life Ebbs”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| airboats | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
fr hydroglisseur (flat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller) · tr bataklık teknesi (flat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller) · pt aerobarco (flat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller) · es hidrodeslizador (flat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller) · fi suokiituri (flat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller) · fi rämevene (flat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller) · de Sumpfboot (flat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller)