Associations to the word «Longboat»

Wiktionary

LONGBOAT, noun. (nautical) Among the boats carried by a ship the largest, thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship.

Dictionary definition

LONGBOAT, noun. The largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats