pap boat

noun

A kind of sauceboat or dish.

First used 18th c.
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Meanings

nounpap boat (plural pap boats)

plural pap boats

  1. historicalA kind of sauceboat or dish.
  2. historicalA boat-shaped receptacle for baby food.First known use 18th c.

    “I have a vast inclination to get a pap-boat myself, and make him a present of it.”

    1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.vi.10
  3. obsoletebiologyA large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapa), once used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.First known use 19th c.

Origin

From pap + boat.

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