boatliftn.

Brit.

/ˈbəʊtlɪft/, U.S.

/ˈboʊtˌlɪft/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boat n.¹, lift n.²

Etymology: < boat n.¹ + lift n.² In sense 2 after airlift n. 2. Compare earlier sea-lift n. at sea n. Compounds 6a.

1. A large mechanically operated structure used instead of a lock for transferring canal boats from one level to another; (also) a device or apparatus for lifting a boat into and out of the water. Cf. lift-lock n. at lift n.² Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway > canal > other structures in canals

overfall1764

aqueduct1791

tail-cut1791

waste-weir1793

boatlift1839

berm-bank1854

tail-bay1856

1839 Mechanics' Mag. 16 Feb. 344/1 Mr. Green furnishes the particulars of a boat-lift, or a substitute for a lock, as used on the Grand Western Canal.

1884 Weekly Irish Times 20 Sept. 3/4 The most interesting works upon this navigation are the aqueduct and boat lift.

1926 Pop. Mech. Dec. 978 (caption) Working model of boat lift; craft is floated upon platform in center and raised or lowered.

1993 Independent (Nexis) 25 Nov. 9 The world's first boat lift..is to be restored by British Waterways.

2011 D. W. Davis River Dream xvii. 138 I surveyed the boat lift, trying to figure out just how I was going to get the boat into it.

2. Originally and chiefly U.S. An act of transporting people or supplies by boat, esp. an act of transporting refugees in small boats when official modes of transport are blocked. Cf. sea-lift n. at sea n. Compounds 6a.Popularized in the early 1980s by the Mariel boatlift, in which a large number of refugees were transported in small boats from Cuba to the United States.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > of people in an emergency

boatlift1965

1965 N.Y. Times 17 Oct. 84/3 Once Havana and Washington reach agreement on an official airlift or ‘boatlift’.

1980 Washington Post 25 Apr. 1/5 The refugee boatlift from Castro's Cuba continued to wash into this tropical port [sc. Key West, Florida] today.

1997 C. Benfey Degas in New Orleans (1999) iii. 63 The ‘flight of 1809’ was a boatlift of extraordinary and overwhelming proportions.

2007 Time Out N.Y. 4 Jan. 86/2 Sergio is unjustly imprisoned and later released as a ‘Marielito’, one of the thousands of prisoners who were controversially granted entrance into the U.S. during the boat lift.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

boatliftv.

Brit.

/ˈbəʊtlɪft/, U.S.

/ˈboʊtˌlɪft/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: boatlift n.

Etymology: < boatlift n. Compare earlier airlift v.

Originally and chiefly U.S.

transitive. To transport (a person) as part of a boatlift.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > people in an emergency

boatlift1983

1983 Christian Sci. Monitor 4 Nov. b6 A murderer boatlifted from Cuba..drives a Trans-Am and works as a male stripper.

1998 N. Van Hear New Diasporas (2005) iv. 130 Many of those boat-lifted were ‘repeaters’ who had been expelled and managed to re-enter.

2002 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 3 Feb. g4 The sparks of militancy were ignited during the Civil War when Carolina blacks boatlifted slaves from Confederate territory.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boatlift
释义	boatliftn. Brit. /ˈbəʊtlɪft/, U.S. /ˈboʊtˌlɪft/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boat n.¹, lift n.² Etymology: < boat n.¹ + lift n.² In sense 2 after airlift n. 2. Compare earlier sea-lift n. at sea n. Compounds 6a. 1. A large mechanically operated structure used instead of a lock for transferring canal boats from one level to another; (also) a device or apparatus for lifting a boat into and out of the water. Cf. lift-lock n. at lift n.² Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway > canal > other structures in canals overfall1764 aqueduct1791 tail-cut1791 waste-weir1793 boatlift1839 berm-bank1854 tail-bay1856 1839 Mechanics' Mag. 16 Feb. 344/1 Mr. Green furnishes the particulars of a boat-lift, or a substitute for a lock, as used on the Grand Western Canal. 1884 Weekly Irish Times 20 Sept. 3/4 The most interesting works upon this navigation are the aqueduct and boat lift. 1926 Pop. Mech. Dec. 978 (caption) Working model of boat lift; craft is floated upon platform in center and raised or lowered. 1993 Independent (Nexis) 25 Nov. 9 The world's first boat lift..is to be restored by British Waterways. 2011 D. W. Davis River Dream xvii. 138 I surveyed the boat lift, trying to figure out just how I was going to get the boat into it. 2. Originally and chiefly U.S. An act of transporting people or supplies by boat, esp. an act of transporting refugees in small boats when official modes of transport are blocked. Cf. sea-lift n. at sea n. Compounds 6a.Popularized in the early 1980s by the Mariel boatlift, in which a large number of refugees were transported in small boats from Cuba to the United States. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > of people in an emergency boatlift1965 1965 N.Y. Times 17 Oct. 84/3 Once Havana and Washington reach agreement on an official airlift or ‘boatlift’. 1980 Washington Post 25 Apr. 1/5 The refugee boatlift from Castro's Cuba continued to wash into this tropical port [sc. Key West, Florida] today. 1997 C. Benfey Degas in New Orleans (1999) iii. 63 The ‘flight of 1809’ was a boatlift of extraordinary and overwhelming proportions. 2007 Time Out N.Y. 4 Jan. 86/2 Sergio is unjustly imprisoned and later released as a ‘Marielito’, one of the thousands of prisoners who were controversially granted entrance into the U.S. during the boat lift. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). boatliftv. Brit. /ˈbəʊtlɪft/, U.S. /ˈboʊtˌlɪft/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: boatlift n. Etymology: < boatlift n. Compare earlier airlift v. Originally and chiefly U.S. transitive. To transport (a person) as part of a boatlift. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > people in an emergency boatlift1983 1983 Christian Sci. Monitor 4 Nov. b6 A murderer boatlifted from Cuba..drives a Trans-Am and works as a male stripper. 1998 N. Van Hear New Diasporas (2005) iv. 130 Many of those boat-lifted were ‘repeaters’ who had been expelled and managed to re-enter. 2002 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 3 Feb. g4 The sparks of militancy were ignited during the Civil War when Carolina blacks boatlifted slaves from Confederate territory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1839v.1983
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