boatedadj.
/ˈbəʊtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈboʊdəd/ Full of boats; navigated by boats.In quot. 1690: made of boats.
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1690 Jrnl. Late Motions & Actions of Confederate Forces 14 Marching over Boated bridges towards Phillipville, we encamped on the 15th. at Tillroy.
1740 H. Walpole Corr. (1820) I. 50 Our little Arno is not boated and swelling like the Thames.
1799 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 268 To bepraise the boated lake.
1840 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 514 A stroll to the heathery common, to the old castle, to the boated lake.
1862 Continental Monthly Nov. 557 The boated river and the sentinelled bridge Swarmed, parti-colored, with the populace.
1932 J. Lasky in O. Wells Anthol. Younger Poets 71 Wet beauty of the park, Boated lakes, and grass Tired from the endless moving feet of children.
2008 Times (Trenton, New Jersey) (Nexis) 4 July b4 Federal authorities said they weighed the risks of moving the animals from the heavily boated river because of the increase in traffic expected this weekend.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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