Definitions
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- noun a
mailboat - noun postal history a postal marking or
cancellation stamped on mail posted at sea or in a harbour for processing by thepostal authorities at the next port of call. Mail so marked in one country will often carry the stamps of another country. - adjective Relating to mail posted at sea.
Etymologies
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Examples
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There, below "papyrus" -- and just above paquebot* -- the French words in between yielded the answer:
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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There, below "papyrus" -- and just above paquebot* -- the French words in between yielded the answer:
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There, below "papyrus" -- and just above paquebot* -- the French words in between yielded the answer:
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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There, below "papyrus"--and just above paquebot*--the French words in between yielded the answer:
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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There, below "papyrus"--and just above paquebot*--the French words in between yielded the answer:
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Baron de Hübner, "Incendie du paquebot la France," Paris, 1887.
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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(* “Devait-il en temps de guerre conduire un paquebot?”)
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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(* "Devait-il en temps de guerre conduire un paquebot?")
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Ernest Scott 1903
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Ferrano, under date of July 14, 1909, a drawing of the paquebot, San
The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco Eusebius J. Molera 1880
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On May 31st the paquebot was sighted near Point Pinos.
The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco Eusebius J. Molera 1880
reesetee commented on the word paquebot
From the French for mailboat. In stamp collecting, a cancellation indicating that an item was mailed aboard a ship. The term was first used in Great Britain in 1894.
August 27, 2008
qms commented on the word paquebot
The sleek ships over and back go
Defying the storm and its black blow!
Our tweets and email
Quite dismally fail
To catch the romance of the paquebot.
November 9, 2014
qms commented on the word paquebot
Beginning in the 18th Century the term 'packet boat' was applied in the anglophone world to ships (ideally fast vessels) sailing on a regular schedule and charged with carrying the mail, that is, 'packets' of importance. These evolved to carry paying passengers and the French gallicized the term as the single word, 'paquebot,' and used it to mean ‘passenger ship’ then 'ocean liner.' English speakers borrowed 'paquebot' back from the French and used it to mean 'mail boat,' where the word seems to be nothing more than 'packet boat' cordon bleu.
The term's like a tool often loaned,
Its provenance lost and bemoaned.
This helical history
Gives rise to a mystery:
By whom is the weary word owned?
See also:
Packet boat
Packet trade
Paquebot
November 9, 2014
bilby commented on the word paquebot
Seems weird these days to come across any kind of -bot that is not a piece of software or autonomous device.
November 9, 2014