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chopboats

chopboats is the plural of chopboat.

Meaning of chopboat

Noun

chopboat (plural chopboats)

  1. (historical) A licensed lighter (watercraft) employed in the transportation of goods to and from larger vessels.
    • In taking in cargo, the receiving officer should not be interrupted, for he has need of all his carefulness to see that the coolies in the chopboat do not slily pass up a chest with two tallies stuck in it, or slip a package off sideways from the board1856, Samuel Wells Williams, A Chinese Commercial Guide

Questions about chopboats

What is chopboats the plural of?
Chopboats is the plural of chopboat.

Words near chopboats in the dictionary

  1. chop-shopped
  2. chop-shopping
  3. chop-shops
  4. Chopawamsic
  5. chopboat
  6. chopboats
  7. chopcherry
  8. chopchurch
  9. chopchurches
  10. chopdar
  11. chopdars

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