ferryboat

See also: ferry-boat and ferry boat

English

This small open ferryboat is used on the Hampton Ferry across the River Thames

Alternative forms

• ferry-boat, ferry boat

Etymology

ferry +‎ boat

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɹiˌboʊt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɹiˌbəʊt/
• Hyphenation: fer‧ry‧boat

Noun

ferryboat (plural ferryboats)

1. (nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
   • 1893, James Wells Goodwin, Peyton Boyle, Robert Desty, The Federal reporter, volume 54, page 206:

     He insists that it is practically undisputed that, when the ferryboat crossed the bow of the tug to make her slip, she crossed at a distance of at least 300 feet away

   • 1940, LIFE, Sep 2, 1940, page 59:

     The ferryboat "Argentina" rides toward Golden Gate, her ocean-going prow slicing the waves.

   • 1983, Mary Stiles Kline, George Albert Bayless, Ferryboats: a legend on Puget Sound, link:

     It was on this vessel that the founder of the second largest ferryboat company on Puget Sound...

Descendants

• → Portuguese: ferryboat
• → Sicilian: ferrubbottu
• → Turkish: feribot

Translations

boat

• Armenian: լաստանավ (hy) (lastanav)
• Catalan: transbordador m, ferri (ca) m
• Dutch: veerboot (nl) f or m
• Finnish: lautta (fi), autolautta (fi)
• German: Fährboot n, Fährschiff (de) n, Fähre (de) f, (Austrian) Überfuhr (de) f
• Irish: bád farantóireachta m, bád fartha. m, bád calaidh m
• Korean: 연락선 (yeollakseon)
• Latin: pontō m
• Malayalam: കടത്തുവള്ളം (kaṭattuvaḷḷaṁ), കടത്തുതോണി (ml) (kaṭattutōṇi)
• Portuguese: ferryboat (pt) m, ferry (pt) m, balsa (pt) f
• Sicilian: ferrubbottu m
• Spanish: ferry (es) m, transbordador (es) m, barco (es) m, ferri (es) m
• Turkish: araba vapuru (tr), feribot (tr)
• Volapük: lovenaf (vo), lovebot, lovenaföm