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1an. — Hist.
a small boat rigged to travel over ice.
Quotations
<i>c</i>1752
I have made upwards of twenty voyages without a small ice-boat, yet I do not deny the use of them.
1857
One of the boats (whale) he had deposited on Cape Lady Franklin, the other (an ice boat) on the west shore of Byam Martin Channel.
1945
During these few days, necessary trips to Kingston or Wolfe Island were made in "the iceboat," a big heavy punt on runners.
1bn.
See quotes.
Quotations
1853
. . . it was justly argued that the "ice-boat" had not been able to cross the [Northumberland] Straits.
1883
The mails have been carried by the old ice-boat line from Cape Traverse to Cape Tormentine, while travellers have often been unable to cross.
1923
Passengers who crossed the Straits . . . were carried [until 1915] in little amphibious ice-boats fitted with runners, oars and sails, and plying between Cape Traverse, P.E.I., and Cape Tormentine, N.B.
1939
In the winter the cold and heavy ice-boats took the place of the row-boats.
2n.
a strong, often triangular, frame mounted on runners and equipped with a sail and rudder, used as a pleasure craft on frozen lakes and rivers.
Quotations
1821
Ice Boat--A gentleman, at Chambly, having made a boat of this description, (running on skates, one on each side and a third near the rudder,) was lately sailing on the basins, when the wind shifted violently, and carried the vessel at an inconceivably swift rate towards the rapid.
1846
Ice-boats come into play on these occasions. These boats are fixed on a triangular frame, with runners like those of skates at each corner. They are propelled by sails. . . .
1849
Ice boats, or sail boats, mounted on a large pair of runners, with an iron rudder, used to be in fashion in the winter in Toronto, but I saw none on this occasion.
1964
Today iceboats are getting smaller and faster, and much easier to handle.
3n.
a boat equipped with runners, driven by an airscrew, and designed to operate on ice or water. See picture at scoot.
See: scoot
Quotations
1963
The ice boat passed under the plane's wing and its propellor caused an estimated $200 damage to the aircraft.
1963
He was with three other men in February when their ice boat ran out of gas on a lake north of here.
4n. — Fisheries
a commercial fishing boat equipped with facilities for icing, or refrigerating, caught fish.
Quotations
1878
The crew of the Lady Ellen are building an ice-boat for the fishing trade this winter.
1966
[Advert.] Ice-Boat Wanted, Preferably larger class to charter for trolling season. Coastwise experience, good producer.