Synonyms for packet boat

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pak-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæk ɪt

Définition of packet boat

Origin : mid-15c., from Middle English pak "bundle" (see pack (n.)) + diminutive suffix -et; perhaps modeled on Anglo-French pacquet (Middle French pacquet), which ultimately is a diminutive of Middle Dutch pak. A packet boat (1640s) originally was one that carried mails. Packet-switching attested from 1971.

As in ferry : noun transportation boat

Example sentences :

A packet boat, not bigger than a big tug, was approaching from the south.
Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers

It ran as a packet boat for years, and Fulton built other steamers.
Extract from : « The Child's Book of American Biography » by Mary Stoyell Stimpson

At Yarmouth he was detained by easterly gales; and when at last the packet boat made the mouth of the Elbe it was wrecked.
Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose

I embarked early in the packet boat, but put my goods in a stouter vessel.
Extract from : « The Diary of John Evelyn (Vol 1 of 2) » by John Evelyn

They all talked French—even those who had talked English when they came on board the packet boat on the other side.
Extract from : « Rollo in Paris » by Jacob Abbott

With few exceptions, no passenger was allowed on board a packet boat without a pass from the Secretary of State.
Extract from : « The History of the Post Office » by Herbert Joyce

Clies had recently succeeded his father in the command of the Expedition packet boat.
Extract from : « The History of the Post Office » by Herbert Joyce

These were packed in ten or twelve boxes, and were shipped on a packet boat, by sea.
Extract from : « Historic Shrines of America » by John T. (John Thomson) Faris

To my surprise I was the only passenger in the packet boat The quay of Boulogne was deserted.
Extract from : « Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by George Jacob Holyoake

A little way up the river they passed the packet boat, a little belated and heavily laden, but moving steadily.
Extract from : « Betty Leicester » by Sarah Orne Jewett

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