water boat

noun

1. a vessel for supplying ships with fresh water.

Word History and Origins

Origin of water boat¹

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

We have not in the above brief statement described all the efforts to invent a satisfactory under-water boat.

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In half an hour a water boat was alongside the Josephine, filling up the water tanks and casks.

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In the meanwhile, the pumps on board a water-boat had stopped clanking and she was towed towards the harbor.

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The tug should have come for us, but she is taking the water boat to the English steamer.

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The under-water boat was not operated by machinery, but by certain mystic words uttered by Coo-ee-oh.

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