"flyboat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flyboats [plural], fly-boat [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch vlieboot, but re-analysed as fly + boat. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|vlieboot}} Dutch vlieboot, {{compound|en|fly|boat}} fly + boat Head templates: {{en-noun}} flyboat (plural flyboats)
  1. A large flat-bottomed Dutch coasting vessel. Categories (topical): Watercraft
    Sense id: en-flyboat-en-noun-UqTRQIra Disambiguation of Watercraft: 90 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals.
    Sense id: en-flyboat-en-noun-WhCEvtyc

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "August 14, 1595, Thomas Treffry, letter to Sir Robert Cecil\na ship of Bristol was chased into this harbour by two Spanish fly-boats, and they report […] that there are five men of war, Spanish, in the road of Conquet"
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