steamboatn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsteamboat.

1. A boat propelled by steam; esp. a coasting or river steamer of considerable size, carrying either passengers or goods. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine

steamboat1787

steamship1819

smoker1825

steamer1825

steam-vessel1825

smoke-boat1867

S.S.1868

puffer1901

1787 M. Cutler Explan. of Map 28 Oct. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 399 In all probability, steamboats will be found to do infinite service in all our extensive river navigation.

1814 W. Scott Diary 8 Sept. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. viii. 276 Embarked in the steam-boat for Glasgow.

1818 T. Hulme Jrnl. 23 June in W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. (1819) iii. 330 We are now frequently met and passed by large, fine steam-boats, plying up and down the river.

1821 Deb. Congr. U.S. 28 Dec. (1855) I. 44 The jurisdiction had only embraced steamboat navigation.

1847 C. Lanman Summer in Wilderness xviii. 111 The principal anglers for this fish are steamboat hands and raftmen.

1866 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1871) 162 A Mississippi steamboat captain.

1906 Tribune 5 Dec. 6/3 The Thames steamboat service.

2. figurative.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IX lxxiv. 42 I needs must rhyme with dove, That good old steam-boat which keeps verses moving 'Gainst Reason.

1854 H. B. Stowe Sunny Memories Foreign Lands I. xvi. 296 If he [Abp. Whately] had been born in our latitude..the natives would have..said he was a real steamboat on an argument.

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 449 Steam~boat, a term used at the West to denote a dashing, go-a-head character.

Compounds

steamboat Gothic adj. U.S. used to designate an ornamented style of architecture typical of houses built by retired steamboat captains in the mid-nineteenth century.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Gothic revival

Pugin1842

Puginesque1848

neo-Gothic1878

Victorian Gothic1910

steamboat Gothic1962

1962 W. Faulkner Reivers viii. 166 The big rambling multigalleried multistoried steamboat-gothic hotel where the overalled aficionados..gathered..each February.

1970 K. Platt Pushbutton Butterfly (1971) iv. 43 The beautiful old mansions with their bay windows, ornate Steamboat Gothic cornices and mouldings.

steamboatman n. U.S. a person who works on a steamboat, esp. a steamboat owner or captain.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > sailor on steamboat or powerboat

steamboatman1875

powerboater1912

1875 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Monthly Jan. 69/1 When I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my comrades... That was, to be a steamboatman.

1910 D. W. Bone Brassbounder 251 Sailormen walk fore and aft; steamboat men, athwart.

1929 G. L. Eskew Pageant of Packets ii. 101 All the steamboatmen when in New Orleans did their banking at the Banque des Citoyens.

Derivatives

ˈsteamboating n. (a) travelling by steamboat; the business of working on or operating a steamboat; (b) figurative see quots.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > by steamer

steamboating1826

steaming1836

steamering1895

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > action of

slubbering1582

slobbering1649

scambling1659

skirting1687

steamboating1826

scamping1862

slur1882

society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [noun] > other processes

headbanding1707

lacing1818

steamboating1826

casework1835

stringing1914

tipping1931

backing-

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > careless

cursoriness1727

slur1882

steamboating1891

1826 T. R. Malthus Diary 7 July (1966) 263 Dr Brown said that the introduction of Steam boating had quite altered the habits of the people of Glasgow.

1828 Mrs. B. Hall Let. 7 June in Aristocratic Journey (1931) xxii. 288 Two nights more and we shall have done with it and have no more steamboating in this country.

1834 Countess Granville Let. 9 Sept. (1894) II. 162 Having enjoyed our steamboating on the Rhone so much.

1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin lxv. 601 That rattling, noisy steam-boating up the Rhine.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Steamboating (Bookbinding), cutting simultaneously a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, that is, are out of boards.

1883 Athenæum 2 June 694/3 They treat of a time when steamboating was a great industry [on the Mississippi].

1891 Cent. Dict. Steamboating 2. Undue hurrying and slighting of work. (Colloq.)

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	steamboat
释义	steamboatn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsteamboat. 1. A boat propelled by steam; esp. a coasting or river steamer of considerable size, carrying either passengers or goods. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine steamboat1787 steamship1819 smoker1825 steamer1825 steam-vessel1825 smoke-boat1867 S.S.1868 puffer1901 1787 M. Cutler Explan. of Map 28 Oct. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 399 In all probability, steamboats will be found to do infinite service in all our extensive river navigation. 1814 W. Scott Diary 8 Sept. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. viii. 276 Embarked in the steam-boat for Glasgow. 1818 T. Hulme Jrnl. 23 June in W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. (1819) iii. 330 We are now frequently met and passed by large, fine steam-boats, plying up and down the river. 1821 Deb. Congr. U.S. 28 Dec. (1855) I. 44 The jurisdiction had only embraced steamboat navigation. 1847 C. Lanman Summer in Wilderness xviii. 111 The principal anglers for this fish are steamboat hands and raftmen. 1866 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1871) 162 A Mississippi steamboat captain. 1906 Tribune 5 Dec. 6/3 The Thames steamboat service. 2. figurative. Π 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IX lxxiv. 42 I needs must rhyme with dove, That good old steam-boat which keeps verses moving 'Gainst Reason. 1854 H. B. Stowe Sunny Memories Foreign Lands I. xvi. 296 If he [Abp. Whately] had been born in our latitude..the natives would have..said he was a real steamboat on an argument. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 449 Steam~boat, a term used at the West to denote a dashing, go-a-head character. Compounds steamboat Gothic adj. U.S. used to designate an ornamented style of architecture typical of houses built by retired steamboat captains in the mid-nineteenth century. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Gothic revival Pugin1842 Puginesque1848 neo-Gothic1878 Victorian Gothic1910 steamboat Gothic1962 1962 W. Faulkner Reivers viii. 166 The big rambling multigalleried multistoried steamboat-gothic hotel where the overalled aficionados..gathered..each February. 1970 K. Platt Pushbutton Butterfly (1971) iv. 43 The beautiful old mansions with their bay windows, ornate Steamboat Gothic cornices and mouldings. steamboatman n. U.S. a person who works on a steamboat, esp. a steamboat owner or captain. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > sailor on steamboat or powerboat steamboatman1875 powerboater1912 1875 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Monthly Jan. 69/1 When I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my comrades... That was, to be a steamboatman. 1910 D. W. Bone Brassbounder 251 Sailormen walk fore and aft; steamboat men, athwart. 1929 G. L. Eskew Pageant of Packets ii. 101 All the steamboatmen when in New Orleans did their banking at the Banque des Citoyens. Derivatives ˈsteamboating n. (a) travelling by steamboat; the business of working on or operating a steamboat; (b) figurative see quots. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > by steamer steamboating1826 steaming1836 steamering1895 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > action of slubbering1582 slobbering1649 scambling1659 skirting1687 steamboating1826 scamping1862 slur1882 society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [noun] > other processes headbanding1707 lacing1818 steamboating1826 casework1835 stringing1914 tipping1931 backing- the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > careless cursoriness1727 slur1882 steamboating1891 1826 T. R. Malthus Diary 7 July (1966) 263 Dr Brown said that the introduction of Steam boating had quite altered the habits of the people of Glasgow. 1828 Mrs. B. Hall Let. 7 June in Aristocratic Journey (1931) xxii. 288 Two nights more and we shall have done with it and have no more steamboating in this country. 1834 Countess Granville Let. 9 Sept. (1894) II. 162 Having enjoyed our steamboating on the Rhone so much. 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin lxv. 601 That rattling, noisy steam-boating up the Rhine. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Steamboating (Bookbinding), cutting simultaneously a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, that is, are out of boards. 1883 Athenæum 2 June 694/3 They treat of a time when steamboating was a great industry [on the Mississippi]. 1891 Cent. Dict. Steamboating 2. Undue hurrying and slighting of work. (Colloq.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1787
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