surfboat
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 Logan Marshall
Upon these coasts it was recommended that houses of refuge should be built large enough to accommodate twenty-five persons, supplied with provisions to support them for ten days, and provided with surfboat, oars and sails.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various
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