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ˈpower-boat
Also power boat, powerboat.
A motor-boat, esp. one with a powerful engine. Hence ˈpowerboater, one who travels by power-boat; power boating, travel by power-boat.
1908R. W. Chambers Firing Line vii. 84 Every day..the swift power-boats sped northward to the Inlet. 1932World Today LIX. 254 (heading) Power boating. Ibid. 258/2 Craft built by the British Power Boat Company have, to date, secured the championships of the world. 1953Richmond (Va.) News Leader 2 Sept. 24/7 From the Elizabeth River at Norfolk to Gibson Island in Maryland there'll be..more races for sailors and power boaters alike. 1966Listener 28 July 144/2 That horrible vehicle, the power boat. 1971‘E. Fenwick’ Impeccable People xxi. 115 The powerboat owners suddenly became invisible... The local powerboaters..remained the most unpopular minority conceivable. 1975Times 17 June 14/6 Power-boat racing is the preserve of those who have a great deal of..money. 1977Modern Boating (Austral.) Jan. 71/3 Warren has set out to produce a book which will give a potential power boat buyer a complete idea of what leisure powerboating is all about. |