PT boat
a small, fast, lightly armed, unarmored, and highly maneuverable boat used chiefly for torpedoing enemy shipping.
Origin of PT boat
1- Also called mosquito boat, motor torpedo boat.
Words Nearby PT boat
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How to use PT boat in a sentence
Looking through it, Parker saw a speedy craft moving inside the veil—a PT boat.
Sinister Paradise | Robert Moore WilliamsHis heart sank when he saw that even if this was a PT boat, it was not a Navy ship.
Sinister Paradise | Robert Moore WilliamsSome found the small boats, pushed out in them to the PT boat.
Sinister Paradise | Robert Moore WilliamsHe had seen many rough-riding vehicles of war, such as tanks and jeeps, but the PT boat had them all bested.
A Yankee Flier in Italy | Rutherford G. MontgomeryAfter fitting Stan out with dry clothing, the skipper went on deck and the PT boat got under way to resume her patrol work.
A Yankee Flier in Italy | Rutherford G. Montgomery
British Dictionary definitions for PT boat
patrol torpedo boat, the former US term for an MTB: Compare MTB
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