motorship

[ moh-ter-ship ]

noun

1. a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of motorship¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The system began in 1948 as the Chilkoot Motorship Lines, a private company that used a former U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

The system began in 1948 as the Chilkoot Motorship Lines, a private company that used a former U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

The Hans Hedtoft, a diesel-powered motorship, went down the ways of Denmark's Frederikshavn shipyard last August, small but sturdy and trim.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Christian General," as he was sailing back to China "to help overthrow" Chiang Kaishek; in a fire aboard the Russian motorship Pobeda, in the Black Sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Party Boss Khrushchev stepped jauntily forward and cut the ribbon stretched across the lock gates, he beamed a toothy smile at cheering excursionists aboard the motorship Dmitry Pozharsky, the first vessel to pass through the locks.

From Time Magazine Archive