Definition of tugboat. Meaning of tugboat. Synonyms of tugboat

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Definition of tugboat

Tugboat
Tugboat Tug"boat`, n. See Tug, n., 3.
tugboat
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 tugboat from wikipedia

- A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically...
- TUGboat (ISSN 0896-3207, DOI prefix 10.47397) is a journal published three times per year by the TeX Users Group. It covers a wide range of topics in...
- tugboat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugboat may also refer to: TUGboat,...
- Wrestling Federation (later WWE) from 1989 to 1993 under the ring names Tugboat and Typhoon. As the former, he pla**** a key babyface ally of Hulk Hogan...
- Theodore Tugboat is a Canadian children's television series about a tugboat named Theodore who lives in the Big Harbour with all of his friends. The show...
- Scuffy the Tugboat is a children's book written by Gertrude Crampton and illustrated by Tibor Gergely. The book was first published in 1946 as part of...
- Tugboat Annie is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, written by Norman Reilly Raine and Zelda Sears, and starring Marie Dressler and...
- Tugboat Records was a small independent record label based in London, England, which was affiliated with Rough Trade Records. It was founded in May 1998...
- The Tugboat hitch (a.k.a. Backhanded mooring hitch or Lighterman's Hitch) is a knot ideal for heavy towing, or making fast to a post, bollard, or winch...
- of Tugboat Annie is a 1957 Canadian-filmed comedy television series starring Minerva Urecal as Annie Brennan, the widowed captain of the tugboat "Narcissus"...