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ˈpassage-ˌboat
A boat for the conveyance of passengers, plying regularly between two places, upon the sea, or a river or canal.
1598Florio To Rdr. b j, They were many to steere a passage-boate. 1662J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. 281 Being to passe in the ordinary passage boat from England to Dublin.., they were taken by a French Pirate. 1738N. Jersey Archives XI. 529 He also keeps a Passage-Boat to ply between New-York and Amboy. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xxxi, The party embarked in a passage-boat bound for Gravesend. |