airboat

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airboat

noun airboats

A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water. No seats were used yet and the pilot of the airboat stood by the engine and operated the throttle manually. Later, a stick control similar to that used in small aircraft was attached to the rudder ropes.
Similar: fanboat, swamp boat

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noun flat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller

Español	hidrodeslizador
Português	aerobarco
Français	hydroglisseur
Deutsch	Sumpfboot

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@misc{airboat_2026,
  title = {airboat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/airboat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}