picket boat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of picket boat
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Boatswain James R. Ingraham, commanding a Coast Guard picket boat, shouted through the gloom of an early Florida morning last week at a fast little craft he had spotted on Biscayne Bay.
From Time Magazine Archive
Breasting slowly up the Patapsco River came a Coast Guard picket boat, opened fire with its single small forward gun as cannon from the fort returned rounds of blanks.
From Time Magazine Archive
As soon as it was seen that the Aboukir was in danger of sinking all the boats were sent away from the Cressy, and a picket boat was hoisted out without steam up.
From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 by Various
The officers of the Iris, which was in trouble ahead of the Vindictive, describe Captain Carpenter as handling her like a picket boat.
From Winning a Cause World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez
Cushing himself swam to the swamps on the river bank, and after wading among them for hours reached a Federal picket boat.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
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