rocket-boat

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noun A strongly designed flat-bottomed boat from which Congreve rockets were formerly discharged during a naval bombardment.

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He was still ashamed of his collapse from the heat during the travel from the landed rocket-boat to the colony.

Sand Doom Murray Leinster 1935
Off to the left, the grass was burning in a wide circle around the crater left by the explosion of the rocket-boat.

Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
"That was just the fuel-tank of a little Class-3 rocket-boat," he said.

Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
Kalvar Dard and Seldar Glav grabbed the girls and literally threw them through the hatch, into the rocket-boat.

Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
One by one, they ran forward along the top of the rocket-boat, jumping down to the ground clear of the blaze.

Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
Winters followed autumns, and springtimes came again, and thus until the twentieth year after the landing of the rocket-boat.

Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
Over their heads at the other rocket-boat, I could see the gold-gleaming head of the girl I'd met on the ship.

Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934
They all turned to see one of the ship's rocket-boat bays open; a young Air

Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
For the ten thousandth time, Dard wished, as he strained his eyes, that somebody had thought to secure a pair of binoculars when they had abandoned the rocket-boat.

Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934
There was no sign of any rocket-boat in either side screen, and the rear-view screen was a blur of yellow flame from the jets.

Genesis H. Beam Piper 1934