longboat
Americannoun
noun
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the largest boat carried aboard a commercial sailing vessel
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another term for longship
Etymology
Origin of longboat
Vocabulary lists containing longboat
Medieval Europe - Middle School
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Medieval Europe - High School
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Example Sentences
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Locals dressed in tunics, capes and feather-tipped helmets brandished axes and hurled burning torches into a replica of a Viking longboat.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2023
Mara Mersai stepped into her freshman year last September by cautiously boarding a 26-foot longboat on the Duwamish River, clinging to its mast for stability.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
“We stare at death with crimson grins / With Odin’s help we cannot fail!” roars Johan Hegg, as if to a longboat crew off to pillage a Northumberland abbey of its illuminated manuscripts.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2019
Sure enough, clever Sadie, with easy-going Sherman at her side, knows exactly how to fit out a longboat, assemble a crew of smartly attired sailor-chimps, and make for open waters.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2017
One of the survivors fainted as soon as Reed landed in the longboat, but the other backed away, scrabbling for purchase in the piles of bones.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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