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单词 coach boat
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coach boatn.

Brit. /ˈkəʊtʃ bəʊt/, U.S. /ˈkoʊtʃ ˌboʊt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: coach n., boat n.1
Etymology: < coach n. + boat n.1; in sense 1 after French bateau coche (1723 or earlier).
1. Originally in France: a boat used to transport passengers and goods by river or other waterway. Later also: a boat used by passengers to cross a river during a stagecoach journey. Obsolete.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > types of
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Boat Coach-Boats, bateaux coches, more frequently called water-coaches, are large covered boats, used chiefly on the river Seine, for the convenience of passengers, and conveyance of all sorts of goods.
1792 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation 52 By this canal [of Orleans] the inhabitants perform.., in their bateaux-coches (coach-boats or water-coaches) a voyage..to the neighbouring towns, and even to..Paris.
1839 T. Hood Lit. Reminisc. II. in Hood's Own 435 I occasionally found myself intrusted with the guidance of the Coach-Boat—called from its carrying the passengers by the Edinburgh Mail.
2. A boat, typically small and motor-driven, used by a sailing or rowing coach to observe and give advice in boat races.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > others spec.
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1895 N.Y. Times 11 June 6/4 [The] owners of the steam yacht Willawalla..received a communication from the manager of the Cornell crew offering to charter their yacht for the time the Cornell University crew is at Poughkeepsie,..for use as a coach boat.
1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 6 Aug. From the coach boat, Loek shouts out his commands: Hard on the water..Get those arms up..Don't be lethargic.
2009 RYA Race Coaching Handbk. (Royal Yachting Assoc.) (2013) iii. 30 Create regular routines, such as getting sailors to circle the coach boat after each exercise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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