Citadel A fortified safe room on a vessel to take shelter in the event of pirate attack.

Boat uk meaning. Boats are usually smaller than ships and are moved by means of sails oars or motors. The Schenectady 54 has a draft of four feet six inches. The metaphor clearly alludes to the fact that one cannot get off a boat once it is under way and imagery of people who are together in a boat sharing the same fate whether they choose to or not.

A train that is planned to reach or leave a port at the right time for passengers who are. A small boat with sails 2. Previously a fortified room to protect ammunition and machinery from damage.

People have for centuries built boats that were too large for an individual to move. The origin of this expression is uncertain. A narrowboat is a particular type of canal boat built to fit the narrow locks of the United KingdomThe UKs canal system provided a nationwide transport network during the Industrial Revolution but with the advent of the railways commercial canal traffic gradually diminished and the last regular long-distance transportation of goods disappeared in 1970.

Last updated at 1108 GMT Thursday 01 November 2012. The word coracle is an English spelling of the original Welsh cwrwgl cognate with Irish and. A coracle is a small rounded lightweight boat of the sort traditionally used in Wales and also in parts of the West Country and in Ireland particularly the River Boyne and in Scotland particularly the River SpeyThe word is also used of similar boats found in India Vietnam Iraq and Tibet.

A small boat with sails. Learning English - Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation - Whatever floats your boat. The total distance a boat penetrates the water from waterline to keel or appendage bottom.

In England Wales a byway open to all traffic BOAT is a highway over which the public have a right of way for vehicular and all other kinds of traffic but which is used by the public mainly for the purposes for which footpaths and bridleways are used ie. The only way to get there was by boat. Helping a seaman to push the boat out was an act of generosity - a similar to the modern-day act to helping to push a car that is broken down.