ferry-boat

Noun

ferryboat (plural ferryboats)

1. A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
   • He insists that it is practically undisputed that, when the ferryboat crossed the bow of the tug to make her slip, she crossed at a distance of at least 300 feet away1893, James Wells Goodwin, Peyton Boyle, Robert Desty, The Federal reporter, volume 54, page 206