ˈtilt-boat
[f. tilt n.1 (or short for tilted) + boat n.]
A large rowing boat having a tilt or awning, formerly used on the Thames, esp. as a passenger boat between London and Gravesend.
| 1463 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 251 For a tylt bote to London..iiij.d. 1576 in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 268 For the Cariadge of stuff to Hampton Court..by Tilt bote. 1615 G. Sandys Trav. 17 A vessel..like in proportion to a Graves-end tilt-boate. 1737 Act 10 Geo. II, c. 31 §8 It shall not be lawful for any Person..who shall..navigate any Tilt-boat..to receive..or carry..at one and the same Time, any more than thirty-seven Passengers. 1764 Low Life (ed. 3) 3 Waiting..to go in the Tilt-Boat to Gravesend. 1859 Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 11 Now..we go to Gravesend by the steamer, instead of the tilt-boat. |