flyboat
1Flyboat — Fly boat , n. [Fly + boat: cf. D. vlieboot.] 1. (Naut.) A large Dutch coasting vessel. [1913 Webster] Captain George Weymouth made a voyage of discovery to the northwest with two flyboats. Purchas. [1913 Webster] 2. A kind of passenger boat… …
2Flyboat — The flyboat was a European light warship of between 70 to 200 tons, used in the late 16th and early 17th century; the name was subsequently applied to a number of disparate vessels.The name flyboat is derived from Dutch vlieboot , a boat with a… …
3Flyboat — Fly|boat [ flaibout] das; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. flyboat, eigtl. »Flugboot«> zweimastiger Schnellsegler …
4flyboat — /fluy boht /, n. a small, fast boat. [1570 80; < D vlieboot, equiv. to Vlie (name of a channel along the North Sea island of Vlieland) + boot BOOT; vlie later altered by assoc. with FLY1] * * * …
5flyboat — fly·boat …
6flyboat — /ˈflaɪboʊt/ (say fluyboht) noun a fast vessel, especially one designed for use on canals. {Dutch vlieboot} …
7flyboat — ˈflīˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: part modification, part translation of Dutch vlieboot, from Vlie, channel between the North sea and the Wadden Zee, Netherlands + boot boat 1. : a large flat bottomed coasting boat formerly widely used but now chiefly… …
8Wonder Pets — L R: Linny the Guinea Pig (Sofie Zamchick), Ming Ming Duckling (Danica Lee), Turtle Tuck (Teala Dunn). Genre …
9HMS Swan — Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan , or the archaic HMS Swann , after the bird, the Swan:*HMS|Swann|1417|6 was a balinger acquired 1417 and sold 1423. *HMS|Swann|1572|6 was a vessel sailing with Sir Francis Drake in… …
10ФЛИБОТ — (голл. flyboat). Маленькое, плоскодонное судно, употребляемое для ловли мелкой рыбы. Словарь иностранных слов, вошедших в состав русского языка. Чудинов А.Н., 1910. ФЛИБОТ англ. flyboat. Маленькая яхта. Объяснение 25000 иностранных слов, вошедших …
