towboat
IPA: tˈoʊboʊt
noun
- (nautical) A tugboat.
- (nautical) A squat powerful boat designed to push barges.
- A vessel constructed for being towed, such as a canal boat.
- A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.
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Examples of "towboat" in Sentences
- It is the largest diesel towboat on the river.
- At some point she was assigned work as a towboat.
- Three partners advance by sea in a 22-foot towboat.
- Far below, in the towboat, Andre starts waving his arms.
- Eventually the minesweepers and the towboat sank as well.
- Fuel leaking from the towboat caused the river to be closed.
- She's the great-granddaughter of a legendary towboat captain.
- A towboat is a boat designed for pushing barges or car floats.
- This is done by being towed by a towboat with a driver and spotter.
- It served as a towboat and inspection vessel until decommissioned in 1993.
- "Everyone owns a gun around here," Lamel says nervously as the towboat pulls alongside the target.
- This set of four towboat can Bryh place and connect it with cable below sea level on the well placed and eventually be sent down.
- Minutes after the snatch, the towboat and target are motoring out of the harbor at six knots, while Lamel ignites a Winston Light.
- As the towboat starts tugging the yacht away from the dock, there's a loud buzzing sound and the target boat's twin engines come alive.
- Meanwhile, a scared-looking dock manager comes running toward the boat, so Lamel hops off the towboat to show him the paperwork authorizing the seizure.
- When I was growing up in the Mississippi Delta, noir — that distinctive shimmer of darkness, beauty and danger — was the night drive to Oxford past the state prison at Parchman, when the spotlight of a passing towboat would sweep slowly over the cotton fields.
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