2. Navigable for boats, or small river craft.
[1913 Webster]
The boatable waters of the Alleghany. --J. Morse. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
boatable — ˈbōd.əbəl, ōtə adjective : navigable for boats, especially small river craft the canal will be boatable for your ark while the others are still mudfast S.H.Adams … Useful english dictionary
boatable waters — Waters within a state which are of common passage, as highways; that is, waters which can be used in their ordinary condition as highways for commerce conducted in the customary mode of trade and travel on water. New England Trout & Salmon Club v … Ballentine's law dictionary
boatable — adj. suitable for boating, suitable for sailing … English contemporary dictionary
boatable — boat·a·ble … English syllables
boatable — A term applied in some states to minor rivers and streams capable of being navigated in small boats, skiffs, or launches, though not by steam or sailing vessels. See also navigable … Black's law dictionary
boatable — A term applied in some states to minor rivers and streams capable of being navigated in small boats, skiffs, or launches, though not by steam or sailing vessels. See also navigable … Black's law dictionary
boat — boatable, adj. boatless, adj. /boht/, n. 1. a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion. 2. a small ship, generally for specialized use: a fishing boat. 3 … Universalium
Chattooga River — This article is about the river forming the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina; for the river with the same name in western Georgia and eastern Alabama, see Chattooga River (Alabama Georgia). Chattooga River near Dick s Creek Falls The… … Wikipedia
Perdido Key, Florida — is an unincorporated community located in Escambia County, Florida, between Pensacola, Florida and Orange Beach, Alabama. [cite web|url=http://www.perdidochamber.com/|title=Perdido Chamber of Commerce|accessdate=2007 05 29] Perdido means lost in… … Wikipedia
navigable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. traversable, off soundings, passable, open; see safe 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. passable, boatable. see navigate III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Capable of being passed, traversed, or crossed: negotiable … English dictionary for students
