Defn: Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance.
BOATBILL
Boat"bill` (, n. (Zoöl.)
1. A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.
2. A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus.
BOAT BUG
Boat" bug` (. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; — so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman.
BOATFUL
Boat"ful, n.; pl. Boatfuls.
Defn: The quantity or amount that fills a boat.
BOATHOUSE
Boat"house`, n.
Defn: A house for sheltering boats.
Half the latticed boathouse hides. Wordsworth.