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ˈlong-boat
The largest boat belonging to a sailing vessel.
c1515Cocke Lorell's B. 12 Some y⊇ longe bote dyde launce. 1578in G. T. Clarke Cartæ Glamorgan (1890) II. 348 And that the..Greene Dragon sent certaine in her longe boate and prayed the said Rich. to come abourde her who so did in the said longe boate. 1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, iv. i. 68 Conuey him hence, and on our long boats side, Strike off his head. 1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 3 The Boteswaine..his Mate [is to haue] the command of the long boate, for the setting forth of Anchors. 1694tr. Milton's Lett. State Wks. 1851 VIII. 410 Our Long⁓boats sent to take in fresh Water, were assail'd in the Port. 1702Eng. Theophrast. 130 When they find themselves sinking they save themselves in the long-boat. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780) F 4, The largest boat that usually accompanies a ship is the long-boat,..which is generally furnished with a mast and sails. 1814Scott Wav. lix, The vessel is going to pieces, and it is full time for all who can, to get into the long-boat and leave her. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xiv. 33 All hands are sent ashore with an officer in the long-boat. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Long Boat, is carvel-built, full, flat, and high. |