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boatel

American  
[boh-tel] / boʊˈtɛl /
Or botel

noun

  1. a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.

boatel British  
/ bəʊˈtɛl /

noun

  1. a waterside hotel catering for boating people

  2. a ship that functions as a hotel

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Etymology

Origin of boatel

First recorded in 1955–60; boat + (hot)el

Example Sentences

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Wherever she winds up, in Penzance as a floating Holiday Camp, or in the Caribbean as a luxury boatel, the Queen Mary, 26-year-old doyenne of the Cunard fleet, would be in good hands.

From Time Magazine Archive

The increasingly motorized world is increasingly taken with the idea of driving itself through foreign countries in the family car, and Bilu, the boatel, makes this possible as never before.

From Time Magazine Archive

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