†(a) A small South Indian sailing vessel. Obsolete. (b) A dugout boat. (c) A ferry boat.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > ferry > types of (19) toni1582 †(a) A small South Indian sailing vessel. Obsolete. (b) A dugout boat. (c) A ferry boat. horse-boat1591 A ferry-boat for conveying horses or carriages. bac1676 A flat-bottomed French ferry-boat; a ferry. ferry bridge1696 †(a) (in Bermuda) a bridge used to cross to a place at which ferries arrive and depart (obsolete); †(b) a means of transporting a railway train… rope-ferry1755 a ferry pulled by a rope. pont1776 In South Africa: a large flat-bottomed ferry boat operating on a rope or cable. ferry flat1805 a flatboat (flat-boat, n. 2) used as a ferry. steam-ferry1812 With reference to locomotion by steam-power, and in names of vehicles and vessels propelled by steam, as steam barge, steam bus, steam-ferry, steam… steam ferry-boat1812 With reference to locomotion by steam-power, and in names of vehicles and vessels propelled by steam, as steam barge, steam bus, steam-ferry, steam… night boat1839 (a) a passenger boat or ferry which travels at night; †(b) a boat used at night (obsolete). bar-boat1857 (a) one marking the position of a bar (sense 15); (b) a boat adapted for carrying goods across the bar of a river. train ferry-boat1867 = train ferry n. car ferry1884 grind1889 Cambridge University. (See quots. 1889 1950.) swinging-bridge1892 (a) see quot. 1892; (b) = swing-bridge n. at swing-, comb._form affix 2a. train ferry1900 a ferry for transporting trains across a stretch of water from one railway to another. night ferry1948 SeaCat1954 A seagoing catamaran; (in later use) spec. a type of large, high-speed, motorized catamaran, used esp. as a passenger and car ferry on short sea… walla-walla1957 In Hong Kong, a small boat used as a ferry for casual traffic. |
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