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flyboat.

A large flat-bottomed coasting vessel, formerly found in Holland, Spain and Portugal.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A large flat-bottomed coasting vessel, formerly found in Holland, Spain and Portugal.

    historical
  2. A kind of (often horse-drawn) passenger boat formerly used on canals. Faster than other types of canal boats at the time, the horses would run along the towpath

    Ireland · UK · historical
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dutch vlieboot, but re-analysed as fly + boat.

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