stake boat
Americannoun
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an anchored boat to which barges or other boats are temporarily moored.
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an anchored boat used as a turning point in races.
Etymology
Origin of stake boat
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Up the river the wind, cold after rain, was blowing hard when the two shells jumped away from the stake boat.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the Washington boys backed their shell into position, the official in the stake boat for lane three reached out a hand and laid hold of their stern.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
In each stake boat, an official sat ready to hold the stern of the shell assigned to that lane until the starting pistol was fired.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
One race was end on end, and the other round a stake boat.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
The race.—The distance to be rowed was one mile and a half to a stake boat, round that, and back.
From Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas by Macaulay, W. Hastings
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