surf boat

noun

1. a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.

Word History and Origins

Origin of surf boat¹

First recorded in 1855–60; surf + boat

Example Sentences

On November 26 a surf boat, Praya Mentawi, crashed into a reef and then broke apart near the Hollow Trees break on Sipura Island, just off the southeast coast of Sumatra.

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As he scanned the beach his eye was caught by three ladies and three natives standing about a surf-boat in animated discussion.

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On the following morning, they landed in a surf boat, and were fortunate in getting ashore without being drenched.

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Blake balanced himself on the bow of his surf-boat and tugged and strained until he gained the ladder-bottom.

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He threw up his hands, sharply, and flung himself headlong across the body of the dead man in the bottom of the surf-boat.

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Once assured that his surf-boat would keep afloat, Blake took the oars and began to row.

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