spyboat

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noun

A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.

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Meanings

nounspyboat (plural spyboats)

plural spyboats

  1. A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.

    Mr. Huet thinks that the custom they had of giving the colour of the Sea to the Hulks , Sails and Mariners of their Spy-boats to keep them from being discover'd, came from the Veneti

    1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations

Origin

From spy + boat.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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