flyboat

[ flahy-boht ]
/ ˈflaɪˌboʊt /

noun

a small, fast boat.

Origin of flyboat

1570–80; < Dutch vlieboot, equivalent to Vlie (name of a channel along the North Sea island of Vlieland) + boot boat; vlie later altered by association with fly1

Words nearby flyboat

flyaway, flyback, flybelt, flyblow, flyblown, flyboat, flybook, flyboy, flybridge, flyby, flycatcher

Example sentences from the Web for flyboat

  • The captain of the flyboat, seeing the skiff coming up and Lamme rowing like a demon, had a ladder dropped from the deck.

    The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Vol. II (of 2) |Charles de Coster

  • Seest thou the flyboat that but late came to join our fleet, and knowest thou who it is upon it that twangs the viol every day?

    The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Vol. II (of 2) |Charles de Coster

  • The 17th, the flyboat Liefde returned to the Manhathans with the Swedish prisoners.

    Narrative of New Netherland |Various

  • Later in the voyage Sydney's flyboat foundered; but he and all his soldiers were rescued.

    Great Ralegh |Hugh De Selincourt

British Dictionary definitions for flyboat

flyboat
/ (ˈflaɪˌbəʊt) /

noun

any small swift boat