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Definition of Keelboat
1. Noun. River boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails; used to carry freight; moved by rowing or punting or towing.
Definition of Keelboat
1. Noun. (sailing) Any sailboat having a keel (as opposed to a centerboard or daggerboard). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Keelboat
1. a freight boat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keelboat
Literary usage of Keelboat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Audubon, the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time by Francis Hobart Herrick (1917)
"... to buy goods—The "ark" and keelboat—Chief pleasures of the naturalist at
Louisville— The partners move their goods by flatboat to Henderson, Kentucky, ..."
2. Personal Memories, Social, Political, and Literary with Sketches of Many by Edward Deering Mansfield (1879)
"Voyage down the Ohio—The "Ark"—"keelboat"—Arrival at Cincinnati — General Findley —
Fort Washington — Indian Lookout—Ludlow Station—Little Turtle; ..."
3. Recollections of Life in Ohio: From 1813-1840 by William Cooper Howells (1895)
"... New- Country—Singing Fish in the Ohio River—Road Wagons—The Family as
Freight—Accidents and Adventures in the Alleghe- nies—Down the Ohio by keelboat. ..."
4. The Ohio River: A Course of Empire by Archer Butler Hulbert (1906)
"... Chapter X From keelboat to Schooner A SLIGHT description of the craft sailed
by the fighting Virginians on the Ohio has been given, but what pen can ..."
5. Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America by Kira Gale (2006)
"A cannon mounted at the front of the keelboat is not shown. A keelboat is also
on display at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center at Hartford IL. ..."
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