Meanings
plural cabin cruisers · alternative cabin-cruiser
- nauticalA motorboat which has enclosed living quarters, especially a privately owned pleasure craft.
The Franks were lost on July 5, shortly after leaving Grenada on their cabin cruiser Reel Lucky.
2007 November 5, Denyse Renne, “Lost at sea; no sign of brothers for 3 months”, in Trinidad and Tobago Express2 more examples
A hundred yards away a cluster of boys on the deck of a sturdy cabin-cruiser swung their caps and sent a hail across.
1917, Ralph Henry Barbour, chapter 4, in The Adventure Club AfloatToday the ubiquitous cabin cruiser seems to many a Sunday skipper like nothing more than a watertight version of the car he left parked at the marina.
1963 July 5, “Perils of the Surface”, in Time
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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cabin cruiser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cabin%20cruiser
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