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ˈfisher-boat
A boat used by fishermen.
c1440Promp. Parv. 162/2 Fyscharys boote, phaselus. 1541Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 2 The great diminucion of the Kinges nauie, fisherbotes and mariners. 1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 395 To send the Baggage by Sea, in six great Fisherboats. 1741–3Wesley Extract of Jrnl. (1749) 110 It seem'd strange to me, to attempt going in a fisher-boat, fifteen leagues upon the main ocean. 1874Farrar Christ 136 The rough fisher-boats of Bethsaida.
fig.1663Cowley 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. |