airboat

Noun

airboat (plural airboats)

1. A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water.
   • No seats were used yet and the pilot of the airboat stood by the engine and operated the throttle manually. Later, a stick control similar to that used in small aircraft was attached to the rudder ropes.2000, Jim Huffstodt, Everglades Lawmen: True Stories of Danger and Adventure in the Glades, Pineapple Press Inc, →ISBN, page 74
   • In keeping with that mission, the law called for the use of airboats in the national park to be phased out.2016 June 11, Lizette Alvarez, “In a Corner of the Everglades, a Way of Life Ebbs”, in The New York Times

   Synonyms:

   fanboat, swamp boat