chopboat

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noun

A licensed lighter (watercraft) employed in the transportation of goods to and from larger vessels.

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Meanings

nounchopboat (plural chopboats)

plural chopboats

  1. historicalA licensed lighter (watercraft) employed in the transportation of goods to and from larger vessels.

    In taking in cargo, the receiving officer should not be interrupted, for he has need of all his carefulness to see that the coolies in the chopboat do not slily pass up a chest with two tallies stuck in it, or slip a package off sideways from the board

    1856, Samuel Wells Williams, A Chinese Commercial Guide

Origin

From chop (“stamp, mark of quality, license”) + boat.

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APA

chopboat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chopboat

MLA

“chopboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chopboat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chopboat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chopboat.

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