passage boatn.

Brit.

/ˈpasɪdʒ bəʊt/, U.S.

/ˈpæsɪdʒ ˌboʊt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: passage n., boat n.¹

Etymology: < passage n. + boat n.¹

A passenger boat crossing regularly between two places; a ferry.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun]

passenger1443

passage boat1567

foot boat1579

passenger ship1602

passage ship1644

passenger boat1837

passenger steamer1851

1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. f. 108 Phaon in passage Boate his painefull liuing gate And ferrying folke from shore to shore relieude his needefull state.

1633 G. Wither Ivvenilia 170 He is not worth a Portsmouth passage boat.

1683 Dutch Rogue 179 At night he went down to the Passage-boat for Rotterdam.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 8 You must know, I had the curiosity to cross the Frith in a passage-boat.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxi. 116 The party embarked in a passage-boat bound for Gravesend.

1926 J. H. Clapham Econ. Hist. Mod. Brit. iii. 84 The ‘passage boat’ usually travelled at from four to five miles, and in a few cases even faster.

1997 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 27 Sept. r35 Visitors can take a cruise aboard the 42ft gaff-rigged Huon pine passage boat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	passage boat
释义	passage boatn. Brit. /ˈpasɪdʒ bəʊt/, U.S. /ˈpæsɪdʒ ˌboʊt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: passage n., boat n.¹ Etymology: < passage n. + boat n.¹ A passenger boat crossing regularly between two places; a ferry. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun] passenger1443 passage boat1567 foot boat1579 passenger ship1602 passage ship1644 passenger boat1837 passenger steamer1851 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. f. 108 Phaon in passage Boate his painefull liuing gate And ferrying folke from shore to shore relieude his needefull state. 1633 G. Wither Ivvenilia 170 He is not worth a Portsmouth passage boat. 1683 Dutch Rogue 179 At night he went down to the Passage-boat for Rotterdam. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 8 You must know, I had the curiosity to cross the Frith in a passage-boat. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxi. 116 The party embarked in a passage-boat bound for Gravesend. 1926 J. H. Clapham Econ. Hist. Mod. Brit. iii. 84 The ‘passage boat’ usually travelled at from four to five miles, and in a few cases even faster. 1997 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 27 Sept. r35 Visitors can take a cruise aboard the 42ft gaff-rigged Huon pine passage boat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1567
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