boatable

English

Etymology

boat +‎ -able

Adjective

boatable (comparative more boatable, superlative most boatable)

1. Capable of being transported by boat.
2. Navigable or reachable by boat.
   • 1797, Jedidiah Morse, The American Gazetteer:

     the boatable waters of the Alleghany

   • 2012, Craig Schuhmann, Oregon Fishing:

     This is not a boatable river, but bank access is unlimited in the forest stretch above Welches.

References

• “boatable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.