Meaning of well boat | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“A well boat or small vessel with a water compartment, to which sea water has access, is ideal for the transportation of marine specimens. There are many such vessels in use⟳ along the Atlantic coast wherever it is customary to carry⟳ fishes and lobsters to market alive. [...] The New York Aquarium has a well boat for this work⟳, which permits great extension of the collecting field and gives excellent results.”

“We had to intercept, load⟳, and run⟳ the shipment to our smaller, faster T-Crafts and well boats waiting near the shore to take⟳ it to a stash house. A typical job for us.”

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