Definition of Mail boat. Meaning of Mail boat. Synonyms of Mail boat

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Definition of Mail boat

Mail boat
Mail Mail, n. [OE. male bag, OF. male, F. malle bag, trunk, mail, OHG. malaha, malha, wallet; akin to D. maal, male; cf. Gael. & Ir. mala, Gr. ? hide, skin.] 1. A bag; a wallet. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter. There is a mail come in to-day, with letters dated Hague. --Tatler. 3. That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office. 4. A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried. [Obs.] --Sir W. Scott. Mail bag, a bag in which mailed matter is conveyed under public authority. Mail boat, a boat that carries the mail. Mail catcher, an iron rod, or other contrivance, attached to a railroad car for catching a mail bag while the train is in motion. Mail guard, an officer whose duty it is to guard the public mails. [Eng.] Mail train, a railroad train carrying the mail.

Meaning of Mail boat from wikipedia

- Mail boats or postal boats are a boat or ship used for the delivery of mail, and sometimes transportation of goods, people and vehicles, in communities...
- Packet boats were medium-sized boats designed for domestic mail, p****enger, and freight transportation in European countries and in North American rivers...
- The Rameswaram (Boat Mail) Express, formerly known as the Boat Mail or Indo-Ceylon Express, is an express train connecting Rameswaram with the state capital...
- Office Department added mail boat service along the lower Rogue. As of 2010, the Rogue has one of the two remaining rural mail-boat routes in the United...
- August 2017). "Mail boat on Winnipesaukee brings island residents together". Concord Monitor. Retrieved 14 August 2018. "U/S Mail Boat, Sophie C. on Lake...
- service in 2010, the 1950s mail boat Másin was used as transit to Fugloy, making a po****r attraction in itself. A newer boat is now used as a replacement...
- J. W. Westcott II is a post office boat that delivers mail to ships while they are underway. It operates out of Detroit, Michigan, and, as it is an official...
- commerce. Dispatch boat was a term used by the United States Navy in its journal accounts to describe boats which carried messages, or mail—otherwise termed...
- have the option of the Grenadines mail boat which travels to Port Elizabeth at irregular intervals. The mail boat calls at Canouan, Mayreau and Union...
- Saltwhistle Bay, a very po****r spot for anchoring yachts. The Grenadines mail boat calls at Mayreau, but boarding can be difficult, as the vessel remains...