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Webster 1828 Edition


Pleasure-boat

PLEAS'URE-BOAT

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Noun.
A boat appropriated to sailing for amusement.

Definition 2024


pleasure-boat

pleasure-boat

See also: pleasure boat

English

Adjective

pleasure-boat (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a pleasure boat or pleasure boats.
    • 1957, "Powered Pleasure," Time, 15 Apr.,
      Last year some 28 million Americans spent more than $1.25 billion on a U.S. pleasure-boat fleet of more than 6,000,000.