Meanings
nounwatchboat (plural watchboats)
plural watchboats
- A patrolling boat.
"Is your destination Portofino on this evening, good sir?" questioned a local official in the watchboat, as the two ships pulled alongside each other.
2010, Andrew J. Farrell, Artifact of Atlantis, page 5
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watchboat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watchboat
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“watchboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watchboat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “watchboat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watchboat.
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