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Definition of Boatable

1. a. Such as can be transported in a boat.

Definition of Boatable

1. Adjective. Capable of being transported by boat. ¹

2. Adjective. Navigable by boats. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boatable

1. boat [adj] - See also: boat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boatable

Literary usage of Boatable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gazetteer of the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive View of the by Frank Place (1860)
"These two waves meet in East River, at points between Hell Gate and Throggs Neck.1 Cranberry and French Creeks were boatable about 2 mi. from their months. ..."

2. The History and Geography of the Mississippi Valley: To which is Appended a by Timothy Flint (1833)
"Chienne is represented to be boatable nearly 800 miles, and enters from the ... White river, boatable 600 miles, south side, is a very beautiful stream, ..."

3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1830 It is a calm and boatable stream, quite to its recesses in the —Thaddeus M. Harris, ... 1826 We were almost daily passing the mouths of boatable i. ..."

4. A Condensed Geography and History of the Western States, Or the Mississippi by Timothy Flint (1828)
"New Orleans can not have less than 40000 miles of interior navigation on all her lakes, bayous, and hundreds of boatable streams; without taking into view ..."

5. Elements of Useful Knowledge. Volume I.: Containing a Historical and by Noah Webster (1809)
"It is very crooked, with low banks which are annually overflowed ; but is boatable one hundred and fifty miles from the fea. 104. ..."

6. A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States, on Indian Affairs by Jedidiah Morse (1822)
"Crossing by the above mentioned river and portage, saves sixty miles. Trout river, is nine miles from the portage, twenty yards wide, •not boatable. ..."

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