Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inclined planes or railways.
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Examples
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The carriage was light, steady, and ran with amazing velocity One day, when I was preparing for a sail in it with my friend and schoolfellow, Mr. William Foster, my wheel-boat escaped from its moorings just as we were going to step on board.
Richard Lovell Edgeworth Ed 1896
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The carriage was light, steady, and ran with amazing velocity One day, when I was preparing for a sail in it with my friend and schoolfellow, Mr. William Foster, my wheel-boat escaped from its moorings just as we were going to step on board.
Richard Lovell Edgeworth A Selection From His Memoir Richard Lovell Edgeworth 1780
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"By the wheel-boat, or steam-boat, as they ca'd it, to Lunnon: where they charged me sax-pence for taking my baggage on shore -- wee boxy nae bigger than yon cocked-up hat.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 563, August 25, 1832 Various
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"By the wheel-boat, or steam-boat, as they ca'd it, to Lunnon: where they charged me sax-pence for taking my baggage on shore -- a wee boxy nae bigger than yon cocked-up hat.
Peter Simple Frederick Marryat 1820
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