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Definition of Pilot boat
1. Noun. A boat to carry pilots to and from large ships.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilot Boat
Literary usage of Pilot boat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer by Richard Burn, Joseph Chitty, Thomas Chitty (1837)
"Every pilot-boat or vessel, or other boat or vessel, in the pilot service of any
corporation or society established by law, in relation to pilotage, ..."
2. History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the by John Thomas Scharf (1894)
"The daring attempt of a single pilot-boat to perform such a deed exhibits the
confidence of the Confederates in the demoralization of the enemy. ..."
3. The Political Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch (1874)
"Whenever a steam tog pilot boat is licensed, the license must state whether it is
... Whenever a pilot is licensed to be attached to a steam tug pilot boat, ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The approach by a pilot boat within the customary cruising ground tor ...
master of an Incoming vessel when the pilot boat was witbin a reasonable distance, ..."
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