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pilot boat

noun

  1. a boat carrying pilots to or from large ships.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pilot boat1

First recorded in 1580–90
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"I got my arm into the life buoy and the skipper went full ahead and pulled me out of the way. They got me on to the pilot boat."

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For ships heading to Ukraine’s three ports, smaller Ukrainian pilot boats will guide the vessels through approved corridors.

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When they were still well out from shore, a pilot boat came to meet the Henry, and the pilot conducted them to anchorage a mile off Bourbon.

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America was built of white oak, locust cedar and chestnut and grew out of the design of New York’s swift and hardy pilot boats.

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The surrealism of eating baby food while treading water and realizing with Cameron that our pilot boat was named Dynamic Duo.

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