dispatch boat

noun

, Nautical.

1. a small, fast boat used for delivering dispatches.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dispatch boat¹

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

A scout brought word to Pontiac that a dispatch boat with a large store of provisions was on her way to the fort.

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It proved to be a Confederate dispatch boat on its way up the river to warn the fleet that Sherman and his army had arrived.

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This meeting between General Buell and myself was on the dispatch-boat used to run between the landing and Savannah.

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Was it for this that he had come from the fleet in the dispatch boat, and was braving all dangers?

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“The dispatch boat, sir,” said the officer of the deck, touching his cap.

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