passage boat

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As they cleared, the private passage boat belonging to a nobleman swept up near to them and crossing their track took the same direction several hundred yards nearer the Libyan shore.

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth

Having stayed one week at Sheerness, and laid down my plan of future action, I started in the passage boat for Chatham.

From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick

On Sept. 4th I went in a small steamer to Cronstadt, and then in the Vladimir to Swinemünde: we were then towed in a passage boat to Stettin, and I proceeded by railway to Berlin.

From Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy by Airy, George Biddell

She was "something less than a Gravesend passage boat" and hardly better suited for the effort than a canal barge.

From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Scott, Ernest

Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah