flyboat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flyboat
1570–80; < Dutch vlieboot, equivalent to Vlie (name of a channel along the North Sea island of Vlieland) + boot boat; vlie later altered by association with fly 2
Example Sentences
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The 17th, the flyboat Liefde returned to the Manhathans with the Swedish prisoners.
From Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
First, the word flyboat, is only an English translation of the Dutch word fluyt, which is the proper denomination of the vessel intended by it.
From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James
Later in the voyage Sydney's flyboat foundered; but he and all his soldiers were rescued.
From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de
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