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
Their interests had hitherto been concentrated in the string of whalers being towed down to the distant starting-point by a picket boat.
From The Long Trick by Bartimeus
The British sailors especially rendered good service by means of a small picket boat commanded by Lieutenant Commander Kerr.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
A picket boat conveyed the Prince and his staff through a narrow entrance into the small landlocked harbour, where they landed on a desolate pier, wet decorations flapping dismally in cold wind and spray.
From Down Under With the Prince by Sara Jeannette Duncan
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