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canalboat

canalboat is the alternative form of canal boat.

Meaning of canal boat

Noun

canal boat (plural canal boats)

  1. A long, narrow boat designed to travel on canals.
    • As the canal boat carries him westward up the Erie he turns and gazes at the Statue of Liberty disappearing on the horizon (not strictly accurate geography, but a fine scene).1988, Thomas Stearns Eliot, The Letters of T.S. Eliot: 1898-1922, page 63

Forms of canalboat

pluralcanalboats

Questions about canalboat

What is canalboat the alternative form of?
Canalboat is the alternative form of canal boat.

Words near canalboat in the dictionary

  1. canal of Nuck
  2. canal of Schlemm
  3. Canal Street
  4. Canal Zone
  5. canalage
  6. canalboat
  7. canalboats
  8. Canale
  9. canaled
  10. canaler
  11. canalers

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