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/pˈaɪlət boʊt/ Listen

Pilot boat

noun

A boat to carry pilots to and from large ships.

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"Pilot boat" Quotes from Famous Books

... after his parting with Sam Ray that the schooner arrived off Boston Light. The captain then informed him that, as the tide did not favor him, he might not get up to the city for twenty-four hours; and, if he was in a hurry, he would put him on board a pilot boat which he saw standing up ...

— Now or Never - The Adventures of Bobby Bright • Oliver Optic

... spoke there was a tap at the door, and the boy in buttons entered to announce Miss Mary Sutherland, while the lady herself loomed behind his small black figure like a full-sailed merchant-man behind a tiny pilot boat. Sherlock Holmes welcomed her with the easy courtesy for which he was remarkable, and, having closed the door and bowed her into an armchair, he looked her over in the minute and yet abstracted fashion ...

— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

... they told us she was the Sydney pilot boat Minnie, under charter to two gentlemen aboard who had an option on one of Arundel's guano islands. They had struck a leak in their main water tank, and were in for repairs and filling ...

— Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas • Lloyd Osbourne

Words linked to "Pilot boat" : boat