Meanings
nounboatmobile (plural boatmobiles)
plural boatmobiles
- A boat that operates as a bookmobile.
For residents of this remote village on an ice-locked island off the tip of mainland Wisconsin, the gliding boatmobile, known here as a windsled, is a kind of school bus.
2008 February 22, Susan Saulny, “Across the Bay, on a School Bus Wearing Skis”, in New York Times
Origin
Blend of boat + bookmobile.
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boatmobile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatmobile
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“boatmobile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatmobile. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boatmobile,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatmobile.
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