steam-boat

See also: Steamboat, steamboat, and steam boat

English

Noun

steam-boat (plural steam-boats)

1. Alternative spelling of steamboat.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 256:

     Yet a steam-boat is the last place in the world for these reflections: the ridiculous is the reality of the sublime, and its deck is a farce without spectators.