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boatlength

boatlength noun: a distance equal to the length of a boat.

Noun

boatlength (plural boatlengths)

  1. A distance equal to the length of a boat.
    • His failing form the tides wash o’er, / Within a boatlength of the shore.1835 December, “Extract from the unpublished Poem of Tahamold, or the Raven Hair”, in The Ladies’ Companion, New York, N.Y., page 78, column 2
    • Philip was rowing nervously, two boatlengths behind, and the others had given up the race, and were paddling near the banks to talk with their friends.1895, Alyn Yates Keith [pseudonym; Eugenia Laura Tuttle Morris], chapter XII, in A Spinster’s Leaflets: Wherein Is Written the History of Her “Doorstep Baby,” a Fancy Which in Time Became a Fact and...

Forms of boatlength

pluralboatlengths
alternative formboatslength

Origin of boatlength

From boat + length.

Questions about boatlength

What does boatlength mean?
Boatlength means a distance equal to the length of a boat.
What part of speech is boatlength?
Boatlength is a noun.
What is the plural of boatlength?
The plural of boatlength is boatlengths.

Words near boatlength in the dictionary

  1. boation
  2. boations
  3. boatish
  4. boatkeeper
  5. boatkeepers
  6. boatlength
  7. boatlengths
  8. boatless
  9. boatlessness
  10. boatlet
  11. boatlets

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