Meaning of steam-packet | Babel Free

Definitions

A packet boat powered by steam.

Examples

“Every preparation was now made: one day more and they were at Dover, and the next they embarked on board the steam-packet.”

“Portishead, lying west-north-west of Bristol, on the Severn, had a small port from medieval times on its pill, or inlet, and began to develop as a seaside resort early in the nineteenth century, when it was served by steam packets from Bristol.”

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