• Flyboat

    Origin

    fly + boat: compare Dutch vlieboot.

    Full definition of flyboat

    Noun

    flyboat

    (plural flyboats)
    1. A large Dutch coasting vessel.Captain George Weymouth made a voyage of discovery to the northwest with two flyboats. — Purchas.
    2. A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals.
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