ferryboat
[ fer-ee-boht ]
noun
a boat used to transport passengers, vehicles, etc., across a river or the like.
Origin of ferryboat
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How to use ferryboat in a sentence
It was not until they were on the ferryboat crossing the river that Harry was aware that Lawrence and Dan were of the number.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnAnd there was the ferryboat full of people floating along down.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)As I went by I see it was a lantern hanging on the jackstaff of a double-hull ferryboat.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)Addressed him personally: "Have the kindness to get them to bring over the ferryboat."
The boatmen were killed, the ferryboat left to drift away, and the Tartars continued to descend the Irtych.
Michael Strogoff | Jules Verne
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