longboatn.
/ˈlɒŋbəʊt/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋˌboʊt/, /ˈlɑŋˌboʊt/ Nautical. Now chiefly historical.
1. A large, open ship's boat, typically the largest belonging to a sailing vessel, frequently equipped with a mast and sails for cruising short distances, but used chiefly with oars to transport crew and provisions between the shore and the ship, or between ships. Cf. launch n.2 1.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > boat attendant on larger vessel > [noun] > ship's boat > types of
float-boat1322
cocka1400
cockboat1413
longboat1421
cogc1430
cog boat1440
espyne1487
jolywat1495
barge1530
fly-boat1598
gondola1626
cocket-boat1668
yawl1670
whale-boat1682
pinnace1685
launch1697
jolly-boat1728
cutter1745
gig1790
pram1807
jolly1829
whaler1893
1421 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/301/6) m. 2 Item along bote cum remigiis prec. xl s.
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j Some ye longe bote dyde launce.
1578 in G. T. Clarke Cartæ Glamorgan (1890) II. 348 And that the..Greene Dragon sent certaine in her longe boate and prayed the said Rich. to come abourde her who so did in the said longe boate.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 69 Conuey him hence, and on our long boats side, Strike off his head. View more context for this quotation
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 3 The Boteswaine..his Mate [is to haue] the command of the long boate, for the setting forth of Anchors.
1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 309 Our Long-boats sent to take in Fresh water, were assail'd in the Port.
1702 Eng. Theophrastus 130 When they find themselves sinking they save themselves in the long-boat.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Boat The largest boat that usually accompanies a ship is the long-boat..which is generally furnished with a mast and sails.
1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xii. 155 The vessel is going to pieces, and it is full time for all who can to get into the long-boat to leave her. View more context for this quotation
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 111 All hands are sent ashore with an officer in the long-boat.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Long Boat, is carvel-built, full, flat, and high.
1932 Boys' Life June 49/2 He jumped down from the forecastle and ran aft to supervise lowering the long boat.
2005 J. C. Fine Lost on Ocean Floor iii. 34 Bowen and two other English prisoners escaped in the ship's longboat.
2. A long, narrow, double-ended ship of a type associated particularly with the Vikings. Cf. longship n. 1.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > long ship
chiulea800
longshipeOE
keel1605
cyul1610
viking ship1847
drake1862
dragon boat1895
longboat1928
1928 E. W. Bradwin Bunkhouse Man iv. 114 Even in the days of Pytheas the longboats of their [sc. the Scandinavians] forebears threatened the ports of trade in western Europe.
1963 G. Masselman Cradle of Colonialism 23 The legend tells of a longboat of Norsemen, foundered on the north coast of Friesland, the only survivor a young man.
2011 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Oct. Today's Viking hordes opt for short-haul planes rather than longboats.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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