1. paquebot - Noun
2. paquebot - Adjective
a mailboat
(postal history) a postal marking or cancellation stamped on mail posted at sea or in a harbour for processing by the postal authorities at the next port of call. Mail so marked in one country will often carry the stamps of another country.
paquebot (not comparable)
Relating to mail posted at sea.
a paquebot letter
a paquebot duplex
Consider, in particular, the ballet of Satie, Parade (Ragtime du Paquebot), (1917) and La Mort de Monsieur Mouche, an overture for piano for a drama in three acts, composed in the early 1900s in memory of his friend J.P. Contamine de Latour. Source: Internet
In French, the cancellation reads "Paquebot". Source: Internet