picket boat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of picket boat
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Breasting slowly up the Patapsco River came a Coast Guard picket boat, opened fire with its single small forward gun as cannon from the fort returned rounds of blanks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boatswain James R. Ingraham, commanding a Coast Guard picket boat, shouted through the gloom of an early Florida morning last week at a fast little craft he had spotted on Biscayne Bay.
From Time Magazine Archive
The shore batteries, the Minnesota, the picket boat Zouave, kept up a heavy firing all the while upon the Merrimac, upon the Raleigh and the Jamestown, and also upon the Beaufort.
From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary
He made his preparations with great care, and on the night of October 27, which was dark and stormy, he started in his picket boat.
From Dewey and Other Naval Commanders by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
The officer of the Iris, which was in trouble ahead of the Vindictive, described Captain Carpenter as handling her like a picket boat.
From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew
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