deck boat en · NOUN
Meanings
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A shallow boat designed to maximise deck space.
We were to spend some days by the outermost skerries. We had the deck-boat, and its crew consisted of Rasmus Olsen this was the name of my old friend the pilot's boy, and myself.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 181:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deck boats | Number=Plur | lexicographic |