单词 | botel |
释义 | boteln. Originally U.S. 1. A ship or boat which functions as a hotel, sometimes being permanently moored on the waterfront. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun] > luxuriously appointed or hotel botel1950 floatel1959 1950 Waterloo (Iowa) Sunday Courier 10 Dec. 45/1 The boatel is anchored about an hundred yards off shore, and is reached by a wide pontoon bridge. 1959 Listener 31 Dec. 1162/1 (advt.) A new concept of river cruising by the botels ‘Amsterdam’ and ‘Arnhem’. 1962 Times 3 Jan. 2/3 ‘Botel cruises’ through the heart of Europe. 1994 Big Issue 5 Dec. 24/3 Two floating islands which could house restaurants and mooring places for ‘boatels’. 2013 N. Thorpe Danube xi. 212 I've chosen a boatel moored on the Danube bank to stay in. 2. A waterside hotel catering primarily for visitors on boating holidays, and providing facilities for mooring. Cf. motel n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > hotel hotel1687 hotel garni1744 lodgea1817 gasthof1832 temperance house1833 temperance hotel1837 railway hotel1839 palace hotel1844 parador1845 caravanserai1848 resort hotel1886 metropole1890 Ritz1900 trust house1902 apartment hotel1909 welfare hotel1915 motel1925 motor hotel1925 auto court1926 motor court1936 motor lodge1936 residential1940 botel1956 floatel1959 apartotel1965 motor inn1967 1956 N.Y. Times 3 June 25 A ‘boatel’ in the park for the overnight accommodation of yachtsmen and outboard-boat operators. 1959 Woman's Day (N.Y.) July 28/2 The Inn at Windigo Harbor and the Lodge at Rock Harbor are referred to as botels rather than motels. 1962 Ocean Times (R.M.S. ‘Queen Mary’) 20 Oct. 8/1 (advt.) Boulters Inn Botel..situated on the River Thames. 1999 Yachting Sept. 84/2 A typical hotel/boatel complex. 2009 J. McCaslin Weed Man xviii. 186 The facility was adjacent to the boatel's original three-story wing of guest rooms that overlooked the beach and marina. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1950 |
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