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.