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sneak-boat
sneak-boat n.
Brit. 
/ˈsniːkbəʊt/
, /ˈsniːkbəʊt/U.S. /ˈsnikˌboʊt/
U.S. a boat by which one may readily move or approach unobserved; esp. a sneak-box./ˈsnikˌboʊt/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > vessel used for wildfowl shooting
sink1793
mudboat1824
sink boat1850
sneak-boat1850
sink-box1864
sneak-box1879
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > others spec.
weir-boat1436
monkey boat1813
night boat1839
commodore1847
sneak-boat1850
pitch-boat1867
press boat1870
love boat1913
patrol craft1919
refueller1929
gin palace1949
bumboat1972
1850 Laws Gen. Assembly Maryland c. 305 §1 Any person or persons [who] shall use any..sink boats, sneak boats,..or floats,..shall be subject to a fine.
1882 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing (1884) xvi. 258 The home of the sneak-boat, or sneak box, or devil's coffin, as the contrivance is indifferently termed, is Barnegat Bay.
1889 J. T. Bucknill Submarine Mines 232 The Howell [torpedo]..is inferior only as an arm for a sneak boat, or for a vessel attempting to run a blockade.
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