Ferryboat

Pronunciation

• GenAm IPA: /ˈfɛɹiËŒboÊŠt/
• RP IPA: /ˈfɛɹiËŒbəʊt/
• Hyphenation: fer + ry + boat

Origin

ferry + boat

Alternative forms

• ferry-boat, ferry boat

Full definition of ferryboat

Noun

1. (nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
• 1893, James Wells Goodwin, Peyton Boyle, Robert Desty, The Federal reporter, Vol. 54, page 206He insists that it is practically undisputed that, when the ferryboat crossed the bow of the tug to make her slip, she crossed at a distance of at least 300 feet away
• 1940, LIFE, Sep 2, 1940, page 59The ferryboat "Argentina" rides toward Golden Gate, her ocean-going prow slicing the waves.
• 1983, Mary Stiles Kline, George Albert Bayless, Ferryboats: a legend on Puget Sound, linkIt was on this vessel that the founder of the second largest ferryboat company on Puget Sound...