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stake boat

noun

  1. an anchored boat to which barges or other boats are temporarily moored.
  2. an anchored boat used as a turning point in races.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stake boat1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

Here, each one holding an umbrella in one hand and a palm-leaf fan in the other, they paddled out to the stake boat.

Number Fifteen had just crossed and was now swooping away on her first tack toward the distant stake-boat.

There were not many important changes in the positions of the contesting boats, however, until the stake-boat was reached.

The leading boats were still far ahead when the Coquette rounded the stake-boat.

"He will pull us all down at this rate," muttered Redman, as the Emma left the stake boat.

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