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floatable, a.|ˈfləʊtəb(ə)l|
[f. float v. + -able. Cf. Fr. flottable.]
1. Capable of floating; that may be set afloat.
1846Pope's Jrnl. Trade 576 (Advt.) Floatable and buoyant in the water. 1883R. Broughton Belinda I. i. ix. 164 Employed in dropping..anything floatable that comes handy—into the earth-reddened stream.
2. Of a river or stream: That can be floated on; capable of supporting floating objects. Chiefly U.S.
1826Kent Comm. (1873) III. 414 The owners of the lands on rivers not navigable or floatable have the exclusive right of fishing therein. 1884Law Rep. 9 App. Cases 393 They [the streams] were made navigable and floatable for timber during freshets.
3. absol. passing into n. Something that floats or may be floated.
1864Laws of Michigan 23 To allow the free passage of boats, vessels, craft, logs, timber, lumber, or other floatables along such waters.
Hence floataˈbility [see -ity], the quality of being floatable.
1884Law Rep. 9 App. Cases 393 The right applies to all streams..whether floatability is the result of improvements or not. |