longboat

Noun

Meaning

Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Almost every day someone will go fishing, whether it is from the rocks, from a longboat or diving with a spear gun. Source: Internet

During an 1837 parade in Providence, R.I, a group of boatmen were pulling a longboat on wheels, which carried the oldest living survivor of the 1772 Gaspee Raid. Source: Internet

Bradenton Beach also is lobbying for increased pedestrian, bicycle and traffic capacity on Gulf Drive from 27th Street North to the Longboat Pass Bridge at the south end of the island. Source: Internet

Bridge access from Bradenton via Cortez Road or Manatee Avenue, or from Longboat Key via Gulf of Mexico Drive. Source: Internet

Some blame north Longboat Key’s erosion on work done to protect Anna Maria Island, such as the terminal erosion control groin built more than 50 years ago at the south end of Coquina Beach. Source: Internet

Diaz said the Longboat Key Police Department investigated the crash. Source: Internet

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