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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So did every AI video that depicted him as a Viking, crossing the Atlantic in a wooden longboat, ready to raid East Rutherford, New Jersey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was longboat.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2023
A Viking longboat has knocked out power supplies in a south of Scotland town.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2021
Their assignment: Sync with six other classmates using 12-foot-long wooden oars to move a 26-foot longboat along the Duwamish River.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2021
I gladly—very gladly—help load bedding, tents, pots, and pans onto the longboat to be taken ashore.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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