assault boat
noun
: a small portable boat used in an amphibious military attack or in land warfare for crossing rivers or lakes
Word History
First Known Use
1938, in the meaning defined above
assault boat
noun
as in torpedo boat
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- torpedo boat
- PT boat
- water taxi
- hydroplane
- hovercraft
- airboat
- taxi
- banker
- narrow boat
- ferry
- hooker
- cockleshell
- whaleboat
- jolly boat
- workboat
- gillnetter
- coble
- ferryboat
- gondola
- whaler
- scalloper
- lugger
- tug
- towboat
- seiner
- barge
- dragger
- shrimper
- lighter
- tugboat
- keel
- hydrofoil
- cutter
- air-cushion vehicle
- tub
- keelboat
- lifeboat
- tender
- longboat
- yawl
- hoy
- bumboat
- trawler
- launch
- auxiliary
