airboat

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air +‎ boat

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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.

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