johnboatn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɒnbəʊt/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɑnˌboʊt/

Forms: 1800s– johnboat, 1900s– Johnboat, 1900s– Jonboat, 1900s– jonboat.

Origin: Apparently from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name John , boat n.¹

Etymology: Apparently < the male forename John (see John n.) + boat n.¹The motivation for the name is unclear. The forms johnnyboat and joeboat are recorded in similar use: see Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. at johnboat n., joeboat n.

North American (originally and chiefly U.S.).

A small, flat-bottomed boat with square ends, used chiefly on inland waterways.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > types of

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1894 C. Ford Child of Democracy vii. 77 We went home across the river in my employer's john-boat.

1905 N.Y. Evening Post 2 Sept. (Sat. Suppl.) 3/1 Two men came down the Mississippi in an Illinois Jon-boat, paddling slowly with rough-whittled boards.

1921 Rudder Feb. 7 Their scope of understanding..ranges from the 150-foot schooner to the ten-foot ‘john boat’.

1965 A. J. McClane Standard Fishing Encycl. 441/2 The original john boat..was made of clear pine boards 20 feet long and 18 inches wide.

1986 P. Behrens Night Driving (1987) 17 They told us to look for a tin johnboat and a man who would paddle us across the river.

2012 K. Cole Poison Princess vi. 61 I could easily imagine her in waders steering a johnboat, staring down alligators.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	johnboat
释义	johnboatn. Brit. /ˈdʒɒnbəʊt/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑnˌboʊt/ Forms: 1800s– johnboat, 1900s– Johnboat, 1900s– Jonboat, 1900s– jonboat. Origin: Apparently from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name John , boat n.¹ Etymology: Apparently < the male forename John (see John n.) + boat n.¹The motivation for the name is unclear. The forms johnnyboat and joeboat are recorded in similar use: see Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. at johnboat n., joeboat n. North American (originally and chiefly U.S.). A small, flat-bottomed boat with square ends, used chiefly on inland waterways. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > types of sedge-boat1336 shout1395 scout1419 pink1471 punt-boatc1500 palander1524 pram1531 punt1556 bark1598 sword-pink1614 pont1631 schuit1666 pontoon1681 bateau1711 battoe1711 flight1769 scow1780 keel-boat1786 ferry flat1805 ark1809 panga1811 mackinaw boat1812 mudboat1824 pinkie1840 mackinaw1842 sharpie1860 sculling float1874 pass-boat1875 sled1884 scow sloop1885 sharp1891 johnboat1894 ballahoo1902 pram1929 goelette1948 1894 C. Ford Child of Democracy vii. 77 We went home across the river in my employer's john-boat. 1905 N.Y. Evening Post 2 Sept. (Sat. Suppl.) 3/1 Two men came down the Mississippi in an Illinois Jon-boat, paddling slowly with rough-whittled boards. 1921 Rudder Feb. 7 Their scope of understanding..ranges from the 150-foot schooner to the ten-foot ‘john boat’. 1965 A. J. McClane Standard Fishing Encycl. 441/2 The original john boat..was made of clear pine boards 20 feet long and 18 inches wide. 1986 P. Behrens Night Driving (1987) 17 They told us to look for a tin johnboat and a man who would paddle us across the river. 2012 K. Cole Poison Princess vi. 61 I could easily imagine her in waders steering a johnboat, staring down alligators. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1894
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