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well-boat

/ˈwɛlbəʊt/US/ˈwɛlˌboʊt/

well-boat noun: a fishing vessel designed to carry live fish in a tank or well.

well-boat: a fishing vessel designed to carry live fish in a tank or well
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Noun

well-boat (plural well-boats)

  1. A fishing vessel designed to carry live fish in a tank or well.
    • They [the "Hollanders", that is, Dutch] have One Hundred Dogger-Boats, of One Hundred and Fifty Tuns a piece, or thereabouts: Seaven Hundred Pincks and Well-Boats, from Sixty to One Hundred Tuns a piece; which altogether fiſh upon the Coaſts of England and Scotland, for Cod and Ling only; [...]1695, [Company of the Royal Fishery of England], “A Collection, with Some Observations, Touching the Royal Fishery of Great Britain and Ireland. [First, Increase of Shipping.]”, in A Collection of...
    • In our way we overtook a great Jonk that came from Palimbam, a Town on the Iſland Sumatra: [...] This Veſſel was of the Chineſe make, full of little Rooms or Partitions like our Well-boats, [...]1699, William Dampier, chapter XIV, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], 4th corrected edition, volume I, London: Printed for James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 401
    Synonyms:
    live fish carrier

well-boat meaning in Tamil

well-boat in Tamil

உயிர்க்கூவற்படகு

Synonyms of well-boat

  • live fish carrier

Forms of well-boat

pluralwell-boats
alternative formwell boat
alternative formwellboat

Origin of well-boat

From well + boat.

Questions about well-boat

What does well-boat mean?
Well-boat means a fishing vessel designed to carry live fish in a tank or well.
What is well-boat in Tamil?
Well-boat in Tamil is உயிர்க்கூவற்படகு. See Well-boat meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is well-boat?
Well-boat is a noun.
How do you pronounce well-boat?
Well-boat is pronounced /ˈwɛlbəʊt/ (UK).
What is the plural of well-boat?
The plural of well-boat is well-boats.

Words near well-boat in the dictionary

  1. well-behavedness
  2. well-being
  3. well-beings
  4. well-beloved
  5. well-beseen
  6. well-boat
  7. well-boats
  8. well-born
  9. well-bred
  10. well-breeched
  11. well-brought-up

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