packet-boatn.

Brit.

/ˈpakɪtbəʊt/, U.S.

/ˈpækətˌboʊt/

Forms: see packet n. and adj. and boat n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: packet n., boat n.¹

Etymology: < packet n. + boat n.¹; slightly earlier currency is implied by the loanword French paquebot (1634 as paquebouc (Cleiriac Termes de marine 35), 1718 as paquet-bot ( Dict. Acad.)).

A boat or ship travelling at regular intervals between two ports, originally for the conveyance of mail, later also of goods and passengers; a mailboat. Cf. packet n. 2.Originally used of the boat which carried ‘the packet’ of state letters and dispatches, chiefly between England and Ireland. Cf. packet n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > packet or mailboat

post-boat1582

post-bark1599

post1600

post packet1634

packet-boat1642

packeta1670

post office packet1780

packet-ship1782

packet-bark1806

packet steamer1842

sailing-packet1842

mailboat1895

multipacket1965

1642 H. Peters True Rel. Voy. Ireland 14 The Evening our packet-boat came in called the Rafe, by whom we had newes from Limrick and other parts from my Lords Castell Steward, who writ for supply, which accodingly was sent him.

1668 London Gaz. No. 267/4 The passage is re-establist between Harwich and Helvoet-sluyce, with able and sufficient Pacquet-boats of 60 Tuns.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. ?Sept. (1965) I. 443 I arriv'd this morning at Dover after being tossed a whole night in the pacquet Boat.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 295 A pacquet-boat,..sails every fortnight.

1822 S. Goodenow Brief Topographical & Statist. Man. State of N.Y. 19 The packet-boats are large and commodious.

1879 W. Black Macleod of Dare xxx The big open packet-boat that crosses the Frith of Lorn.

1936 H. Asbury French Quarter 75 On the Ohio the keelboat, also known as the packet-boat, reached dimensions that were truly Gargantuan.

1981 N.Y. Times 25 Oct. 26/5 How nice to know, for instance, that passengers on the early packet boats fought off boredom by sorting the mail.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	packet-boat
释义	packet-boatn. Brit. /ˈpakɪtbəʊt/, U.S. /ˈpækətˌboʊt/ Forms: see packet n. and adj. and boat n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: packet n., boat n.¹ Etymology: < packet n. + boat n.¹; slightly earlier currency is implied by the loanword French paquebot (1634 as paquebouc (Cleiriac Termes de marine 35), 1718 as paquet-bot ( Dict. Acad.)). A boat or ship travelling at regular intervals between two ports, originally for the conveyance of mail, later also of goods and passengers; a mailboat. Cf. packet n. 2.Originally used of the boat which carried ‘the packet’ of state letters and dispatches, chiefly between England and Ireland. Cf. packet n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > packet or mailboat post-boat1582 post-bark1599 post1600 post packet1634 packet-boat1642 packeta1670 post office packet1780 packet-ship1782 packet-bark1806 packet steamer1842 sailing-packet1842 mailboat1895 multipacket1965 1642 H. Peters True Rel. Voy. Ireland 14 The Evening our packet-boat came in called the Rafe, by whom we had newes from Limrick and other parts from my Lords Castell Steward, who writ for supply, which accodingly was sent him. 1668 London Gaz. No. 267/4 The passage is re-establist between Harwich and Helvoet-sluyce, with able and sufficient Pacquet-boats of 60 Tuns. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. ?Sept. (1965) I. 443 I arriv'd this morning at Dover after being tossed a whole night in the pacquet Boat. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 295 A pacquet-boat,..sails every fortnight. 1822 S. Goodenow Brief Topographical & Statist. Man. State of N.Y. 19 The packet-boats are large and commodious. 1879 W. Black Macleod of Dare xxx The big open packet-boat that crosses the Frith of Lorn. 1936 H. Asbury French Quarter 75 On the Ohio the keelboat, also known as the packet-boat, reached dimensions that were truly Gargantuan. 1981 N.Y. Times 25 Oct. 26/5 How nice to know, for instance, that passengers on the early packet boats fought off boredom by sorting the mail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1642
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