airboat

English

Etymology

air +‎ boat

Noun

airboat (plural airboats)

1. A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water.
   • 2000, Jim Huffstodt, Everglades Lawmen: True Stories of Danger and Adventure in the Glades, Pineapple Press Inc, →ISBN, page 74:

     No seats were used yet and the pilot of the airboat stood by the engine and operated the throttle manually. Later, a stick control similar to that used in small aircraft was attached to the rudder ropes.

Synonyms

• fanboat
• swamp boat

Translations

flat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller

• German: Sumpfboot n
• Portuguese: aerobarco (pt) m
• Spanish: hidrodeslizador m

Further reading

• airboat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia