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‖ motoscafo|motosˈkafo|
Pl. motoscafi.
[It.]
In Italy: a motor-boat; esp. such a boat used as a public conveyance on the Venetian canals.
1942Britannica Bk. of Year (U.S.) 468 Another type developed considerably in scope and design was the motor torpedo boat... Before the war the Italians were proud of their vessels of this category, officially classed as M.A.S. (motoscafi anti-sommergibili) but these had accomplished singularly little. 1950E. Hemingway Across River xxxiv. 210, I will get into the motoscafo..and..we will not ever see one another again. 1971P. Loraine Photographs have been Sent v. i. 143 The father gave up his gondola and bought himself a nice new motoscafo. 1975‘D. Rutherford’ Mystery Tour iii. 40 There are no motor vehicles in Venice, so..you will be conveyed to the hotel by motoscafo. |