LONGBOAT

longboat

(noun) the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

longboat (plural longboats)

(nautical) Among the boats carried by a ship the largest, thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship.

Source: Wiktionary


Long"boat`, n. (Naut.)

Definition: Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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