picket boat

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noun

a vessel used to patrol a harbor.

Nearby words

pickerel frog, pickerelweed, pickering, pickeringite, picket, picket boat, picket fence, picket line, pickett, pickford, pickin

Origin of picket boat

First recorded in 1865–70

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Examples from the Web for picket boat

This boat was later further demolished by a gallant British picket-boat attack.
The Story of Our Submarines|John Graham Bower
I remember the same thing occurring on the 'Tremendous's' picket-boat Yes, they're switching off.
Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.|Percy F. Westerman
Even the commonplace precaution of sending out a picket-boat had not been taken.
The Gulf and Inland Waters|A. T. Mahan