"wellboat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wellboats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wellboat (plural wellboats)
  1. Alternative form of well-boat Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: well-boat
    Sense id: en-wellboat-en-noun-N9FwS9uy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[T]hough the people fiſhed ever ſo often, they could never find any ſigns of lobſters being in this part of the ſea: they were therefore continually brought in great wellboats from New England, where they are plentiful; but it happened that one of theſe wellboats broke in pieces near Hellgate, about ten Engliſh miles from New York, and all the lobſters in it got off. Since that time they have ſo multiplied in this part of the ſea, that they are now caught in the greateſt abundance.",
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          "text": "Another good example of the development of the specialized service supplier is the wellboats industry. ASENAV (a firm located in Valdivia, Los Rios region), a manufacturer of marine vessels, undertook the production of wellboats with up to 800-ton capacity for the transport of salmon.",
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