ˈpost-boat
[f. post n.2 + boat n.]
A boat or ship engaged in the conveyance of the mails, esp. on a regular route at fixed times; a packet-boat, mail-boat; also, a boat which conveys travellers between certain points; a stage-boat.
| 1600 Sir G. Fenton in Cal. Doc. rel. Irel. 340, I await [at Holyhead] for a southerly wind, and a bark to put me over, the post boat being already in Ireland. 1753 Hanway Trav. (1762) I. ii. xvi. 73 We found the place inhabited by some..tartars, who ply on the river with open post boats. 1879 Bates Egyptian Bonds II. vi. 162 Thence by the post-boat on the canal to Port Said. 1897 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 455 It is sunset when one arrives by the post-boat. |