ˈferry-boat
[f. ferry n. + boat n.]
A boat used for conveying passengers, etc. across a ferry.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 156/2 Feryboot, portemia. 1458 Nottingham Rec. II. 220, vs. viijd. receptis de proficuis de ferybotes de tempore. 1580 Baret Alv. B. 895 A ferry boate to cary ouer horses. 1644 Evelyn Mem. (1819) I. 123 The Tiber..I crossed in a ferry-boate. 1725 De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 322 One large float with sides to it, like a punt or ferry boat. 1811 Wellington in Gurw. Desp. VII. 418, I shall pay the proprietor of the ferry boats any reasonable sum for the time. 1858 W. Ellis Visits Madagascar viii. 215 A windlass for the large ferry-boat. |