Longboat

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Longboat \Long"boat`\, n. (Naut.)
     Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel,
     corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  longboat
       n : the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel