market boat

market boat ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a boat that transfers fish from a fishing fleet to a market on shore.
2. a boat for carrying produce to market.
3. a boat assigned or used to bring provisions to a ship.

Origin of market boat An Americanism dating back to 1770–80 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for market boat Historical Examples of market boat

About tin years back I was crew to a Sou’ Boston market-boat.

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