river-craft

Through the day Luis made a point of meeting each incoming river-craft at the dock, leaving Toni no opportunity to approach the outsiders in private.

River Of Desire Taylor, Abra 1982

Why, he wondered idly, do river-craft set up gaggles of hooting all at once?

Killer Dolphin Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1966

This magnificent water-course, permitting the ascent of the largest ships for a hundred miles, and of river-craft for fifty miles farther, has upon its eastern side a country averaging about thirty miles in width to the Taconic range, consisting chiefly of the richest grazing, grain, and orchard land in the Atlantic States.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 Various

As we slowly drifted our way into the city at dusk of a long June evening, on board that little slow-going canal and river-craft from

The Automobilist Abroad

A crowd of river-craft are generally moored in front of it; but if we look sharply at the right moment under the base of the rampart, we may catch a glimpse of an arched water-entrance, half submerged, past which the

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 Various

Dull, brief whistles of river-craft came to her; under the full leafage of trees on the Drive green omnibuses lumbered; baby carriages, each with its attendant, were motionless in the shade.

Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

It was pleasant to smoke in the shade and watch the varied river-craft slipping by.

War in the Garden of Eden Kermit Roosevelt 1916

The great requisite for transports on the Tigris was a very light draft, and to fill the requirements boats were requisitioned ranging from penny steamers of the Thames to river-craft of the Irrawaddy.

War in the Garden of Eden Kermit Roosevelt 1916

Arrived at the Ohio, the emigrant either engaged passage on some form of river-craft or set to work to construct with his own hands a vessel that would bear him and his belongings to the promised land.

The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond Frederic Austin Ogg 1914

The styles of river-craft that appeared on the Ohio and other western streams in the great era of river migration make a remarkable pageant.

The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond Frederic Austin Ogg 1914