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boatslength

boatslength is the alternative form of boatlength.

Meaning of boatlength

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    • His failing form the tides wash o’er, / Within a boatlength of the shore.1835 December, “Extract from the unpublished Poem of Tahamold, or the Raven Hair”, in The Ladies’ Companion, New York, N.Y., page 78, column 2

Forms of boatslength

pluralboatslengths

Origin of boatslength

From boat + -s- + length.

Questions about boatslength

What is boatslength the alternative form of?
Boatslength is the alternative form of boatlength.

Words near boatslength in the dictionary

  1. boatsful
  2. boatshed
  3. boatsheds
  4. boatside
  5. boatsides
  6. boatslength
  7. boatslengths
  8. boatsman
  9. boatsmen
  10. boatsmith
  11. boatsmiths

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