ferryboat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ferryboat
First recorded in 1400–50, ferryboat is from the late Middle English word feryboot. See ferry, boat
Example Sentences
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Beset by financial hardship, in part because of a devastating injury in a ferryboat accident, Meucci was unable to afford the $10 fee to renew his caveat, which as a result expired.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Mr. Erdogan, 70, grew up in Istanbul, where his father worked as a ferryboat captain.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024
The ferryboat Julia B., derisively dubbed the “flagship” of the “Arizona Navy” by a Times war correspondent assigned to cover the skirmish, promptly ran aground on a sandbar.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023
One of mine came in 1988, when I helped lead a Southwest Seattle Historical Society cruise to celebrate the first voyage of the City of Seattle, the first ferryboat on Puget Sound.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022
Cheers began to rise from the semicircle of boats ahead, from the beaches, from the observation train working its way along the shore, and—loudest of all—from the ferryboat chock-full of students.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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