steam-cutter

His news was that the Blitz's steam-cutter had come in on the morning tide, and he had met von Brüning when marketing at the inn.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

The captain's steam-cutter was already afloat, and her sailors busy with sidelights and engines.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

You knew where you were with spies -- anyone with the necessary experience could spot a doubtful customer as soon as the dhow that carried him came alongside; and irregular but frequent visits at the various ports soon put a stop to the mine-industry and prevented any materialisation of the submarine menace except in reports from Aden which caused me a good many additional trips in an armed steam-cutter to "go, look, see."

Pan-Islam

This was all to the good, as otherwise I should have had to go close in with the steam-cutter, a white flag and a megaphone to warn Arab civilians; thus giving the Turks time to clear, besides the chance of a sitting-shot at us if they thought my address to the townsfolk a violation of the rules of war, which, technically, it might be.

Pan-Islam

Next morning we stood slowly in for Um-Lejj with the steam-cutter groping ahead for the channel, which is about as tortuous a piece of navigation as you can get off this coast, and that is saying a good deal.

Pan-Islam

You've never seen a steam-cutter let down on the deck,

Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900

The coal had to be loaded upon barges, and then they had to be towed by a steam-cutter alongside the steamer which was anchored more than a quarter of a mile from the coast, and then the unloading and reloading had to begin -- an exhausting task when the barge kept rocking against the steamer and the men could scarcely keep on their legs for sea-sickness.

The Bishop and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

Will you send a despatch by the steam-cutter to Prince Suliman, asking for the launch?

Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Rounsevelle Wildman 1882

One of them was moving: that was the steam-cutter going to the steamer, and it seemed to be coming back to tell them whether the work was to be done or not.

The Bishop and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

Seven small boats, of which two were whale-boats, a steam-cutter, six sledges, snow-shoes for each of the crew, four Gatling cannons and thirty guns, with the necessary ammunition, were stored away on board.

The Waif of the "Cynthia" Jules Verne 1866