stake boat
noun
an anchored boat to which barges or other boats are temporarily moored.
an anchored boat used as a turning point in races.
Origin of stake boat
1First recorded in 1880–85
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How to use stake boat in a sentence
Here, each one holding an umbrella in one hand and a palm-leaf fan in the other, they paddled out to the stake boat.
Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer | Rena I. HalseyNumber Fifteen had just crossed and was now swooping away on her first tack toward the distant stake-boat.
Wyn's Camping Days | Amy Bell MarloweThere were not many important changes in the positions of the contesting boats, however, until the stake-boat was reached.
Wyn's Camping Days | Amy Bell MarloweThe leading boats were still far ahead when the Coquette rounded the stake-boat.
Wyn's Camping Days | Amy Bell Marlowe"He will pull us all down at this rate," muttered Redman, as the Emma left the stake boat.
In School and Out | Oliver Optic
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