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gas boat

noun

Etymology

From gas + boat.

  1. derived from *bʰeyd-✻ — “to break, split”
  2. inherited from *baitaz✻
  3. inherited from *bait✻
  4. inherited from bāt — “boat”
  5. inherited from bot
  6. compounded as gas boat — “gas + boat”

Definitions

  1. A boat powered by a petrol engine.

    • Round noon the gas boat’s impudent sputter ticked out across the wide face of the Naas River.

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