water boat

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noun

a vessel for supplying ships with fresh water.

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Origin of water boat

First recorded in 1720–30

Words nearby water boat

water bench, water bird, water biscuit, water blister, waterboarding, water boat, water boatman, water bomb, water bomber, waterborne, water bottle

How to use water boat in a sentence

We have not in the above brief statement described all the efforts to invent a satisfactory under-water boat.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
In half an hour a water boat was alongside the Josephine, filling up the water tanks and casks.
Down the Rhine|Oliver Optic
In the meanwhile, the pumps on board a water-boat had stopped clanking and she was towed towards the harbor.
Brandon of the Engineers|Harold Bindloss
The tug should have come for us, but she is taking the water boat to the English steamer.
Long Odds|Harold Bindloss

The under-water boat was not operated by machinery, but by certain mystic words uttered by Coo-ee-oh.
Glinda of Oz|L. Frank Baum