surfboat

British

/ ˈsɜːfˌbəʊt /

noun

a boat with a high bow and stern and flotation chambers, equipped for use in rough surf

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In the Coast Guard as an enlisted E-4 I would take out a 47-foot surfboat without calling anyone.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2016

Their 26-ft. self-bailing surfboat was the first on the scene.

From Time Magazine Archive

I looked across the waves and took heart as another surfboat came out of the darkness.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

A keeper in the Orphan Asylum and five men in a surfboat did splendid work in saving seventy-five inmates of the asylum from drowning.

From The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado by Marshall, Logan

Our surfboat was overturned with thirteen aboard: 'leven of us was picked up by the other boat.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various

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