ˈfisher-boat
A boat used by fishermen.
c 1440 Promp. Parv. 162/2 Fyscharys boote, phaselus. 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 2 The great diminucion of the Kinges nauie, fisherbotes and mariners. 1662 J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 395 To send the Baggage by Sea, in six great Fisherboats. 1741–3 Wesley Extract of Jrnl. (1749) 110 It seem'd strange to me, to attempt going in a fisher-boat, fifteen leagues upon the main ocean. 1874 Farrar Christ 136 The rough fisher-boats of Bethsaida. |
fig. 1663 Cowley Pindar. Odes, To Mr. Hobs iv, The Baltique..and the Caspian..Seem narrow Creeks to thee, and only fit For the poor wretched Fisher-boats of Wit. |