tag boat


noun

a small rowboat usually towed astern of a larger vessel.

Origin of tag boat

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example sentences from the Web for tag boat

  • Trouble is I ought to have brought a tag-boat; but they clutch on to the water so, an' I do love to sail free.

    The Country of the Pointed Firs |Sarah Orne Jewett