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boat trains

boat trains is the plural of boat train.

Meaning of boat train

Noun

boat train (plural boat trains)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A travel service with a train timed to arrive at a ferry port in time for the onward travel by ferry (or vice versa). Alternatively, a service scheduled to connect with the arrival or departure of an ocean liner.
    • In 1906 the cross-channel service was inaugurated between Fishguard and Rosslare Harbour. For this the Great Southern & Western Railway built two boat trains of corridor stock, with a restaurant car (57½ ft. in length), to run between Rosslare and Cork.1943 July and August, “Restaurant-Car Services in Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 210

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What is boat trains the plural of?
Boat trains is the plural of boat train.

Words near boat trains in the dictionary

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  3. boat show
  4. boat shows
  5. boat train
  6. boat trains
  7. boat trip
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  9. boat truck
  10. boat trucks
  11. boat-hook

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