boatlikeadj.

Brit.

/ˈbəʊtlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈboʊtˌlaɪk/

Forms: see boat n.¹ and -like suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: boat n.¹, -like suffix.

Etymology: < boat n.¹ + -like suffix. Compare earlier navicular adj.

Resembling or characteristic of a boat, esp. in shape.With quots. 1578 and 1697, cf. boat-bone n. at boat n.¹ Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [adjective] > like a boat

boatlike1578

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 35^v The large, and rounde sinuated side of the Boatelyke Bone.

1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 99 His [sc. the swan's] Boat-like breast.

1697 R. Baker Cursus Osteologicus v. 111 The third is call'd Os Scaphoides, Cymbiforme, vel Naviculare, the Boat-like Bone.

1773 J. Hill Veg. Syst. XXIII. 8 In the place of the lower lip is a boat-like gland, hearted, and flatted.

1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. ix. 236 Professor v. Baer..proposes the term scaphocephalic to indicate the same boat-like head-form.

1962 Life 23 Feb. 111 (caption) Rafters shoot out to give roof a boatlike prow.

2003 New Yorker 5 May 67/2 The front of the boatlike body extends into a great twisting dragon's neck, with gaping jaws.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boatlike
释义	boatlikeadj. Brit. /ˈbəʊtlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈboʊtˌlaɪk/ Forms: see boat n.¹ and -like suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: boat n.¹, -like suffix. Etymology: < boat n.¹ + -like suffix. Compare earlier navicular adj. Resembling or characteristic of a boat, esp. in shape.With quots. 1578 and 1697, cf. boat-bone n. at boat n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [adjective] > like a boat boatlike1578 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 35^v The large, and rounde sinuated side of the Boatelyke Bone. 1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 99 His [sc. the swan's] Boat-like breast. 1697 R. Baker Cursus Osteologicus v. 111 The third is call'd Os Scaphoides, Cymbiforme, vel Naviculare, the Boat-like Bone. 1773 J. Hill Veg. Syst. XXIII. 8 In the place of the lower lip is a boat-like gland, hearted, and flatted. 1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. ix. 236 Professor v. Baer..proposes the term scaphocephalic to indicate the same boat-like head-form. 1962 Life 23 Feb. 111 (caption) Rafters shoot out to give roof a boatlike prow. 2003 New Yorker 5 May 67/2 The front of the boatlike body extends into a great twisting dragon's neck, with gaping jaws. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1578
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