DCHP-3

horse-boat†

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a boat propelled by horses working a treadmill that drove the paddle-wheel(s).

See: team-boat(def. 1)

Quotations

1829
In crossing the lake . . . the Steamboat Montreal and the horse-boat came in contact with each other, but both running in the same direction, neither received injury.
1863
During the time that I lived in Laprairie there were no steamers used as ferry boats, nor even a horse boat; we had to cross both at Laprairie and Longueuil in batteaus.
1909
The inauguration of steamboats on Lake Simcoe took place in 1832, and a "horseboat" was tried in 1838, but did not work well.