TOWBOAT • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Towboat

... feet out of the water to imitate the splash of the wheel. The boat did not make great headway but backed and went ahead as the raft floated down the creek. The banks were steeper on either side, therefore, the tow boat decided to go down the stream a little further ere landing. In fact, the towboat was having such a good time he did not fully realize the current was carrying his tow rapidly towards the old mill dam. Neither did the passenger on the raft realize this until he noticed a changed expression on the ...

— Watch Yourself Go By • Al. G. Field

... stated above, the traction is generally by steam towboat, the more picturesque, if slower and more humble, tow-horse is more largely in evidence here than elsewhere ...

— The Automobilist Abroad • M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield