ferryboat

[ fer-ee-boht ]
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noun
  1. a boat used to transport passengers, vehicles, etc., across a river or the like.

Origin of ferryboat

1
First recorded in 1400–50, ferryboat is from the late Middle English word feryboot.See ferry, boat

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