Definition of towboat. Meaning of towboat. Synonyms of towboat

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Definition of towboat

Towboat
Towboat Tow"boat`, n. 1. A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat. 2. A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.
towboat
Tug Tug, n. 1. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort. At the tug he falls, Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls. --Dryden. 2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 3. (Naut.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat. 4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. 5. (Mining.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. Tug iron, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.

Meaning of towboat from wikipedia

- towboat, is a boat designed for pushing barges or car floats. In the United States, the industries that use these vessels refer to them as towboats....
- steam-driven sternwheel towboat still on the nation's river system. W. P. Snyder Jr. is a sternwheel, steam driven, towboat that was originally built...
- Coal and Coke Company, was the world's largest steam powered sternwheeler towboat. She was nicknamed Big Mama, and was capable of pushing 56 coal barges...
- have resulted from the captain of the barges' towboat losing consciousness. Joe Dedmon, captain of the towboat Robert Y. Love, was transporting barges on...
- The Mamie S. Barrett, also known as Penniman and Piasa, was a historic towboat which was built in 1921. It was located in Eddy Cr**** Marina, in Eddyville...
- class guided missile destroyer DDG US Navy". www.seaforces.org. Bernert Towboat Co. v. USS Chandler (DDG 996), 666 F. Supp. 1454, 1987 A.M.C. 2919 (D....
- Lone Star is a wooden hull, steam-powered stern-wheeled towboat in LeClaire, Iowa, United States. She is dry docked and on display at the Buffalo Bill...
- in which 48 people died. Prior to the derailment, a barge pushed by the towboat Mauvilla (owned and operated by Warrior and Gulf Navigation of Chickasaw...
- Rautaruukki is a Finnish pusher vessel owned and operated by ESL Shipping. It is part of the Finnpusku integrated tug and barge system developed in the...
- which was named in English Mobile Bay Mobilian, a tribe in Alabama the towboat Mauvilla in the 1993 Big Bayou Canot train wreck the Mavilla Bridge in...