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bn:00052818n

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Categories: Age of Sail, Postal history, Packet (sea transport), Steamships

mailboat mail boat packet packet boat

A boat for carrying mail WordNet 3.0

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A boat for carrying mail WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Packet boats were medium-sized boats designed for domestic mail, passenger, and freight transportation in European countries and in North American rivers and canals, some of them steam driven. Wikipedia

Type of boat used for scheduled mail or passenger service Wikipedia Disambiguation

A boat used to transport mail. Wiktionary

Vessel to convey mail. Wiktionary (translation)

Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia). Wiktionary

A boat that carried mail, cargo, and, in later years, some passengers along a regularly scheduled route up and down a river or canal. Wiktionary

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

mailboat, mail boat, packet, packet boat