pilot boat

NOUN
  1. a boat to carry pilots to and from large ships
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How To Use pilot boat In A Sentence

  • The last of the setting sun glinted on antennae, radar and spotlights as they hugged the stern of the pilot boat.
  • Later on Friday night some of the striking boatmen took over a pilot boat and their action prevented a harbour pilot disembarking from a ship coming down river from Belview Port on its way to Rotterdam.
  • At 7:30 A.M., they were towed from the pier by the William Fletcher, a steam-powered sidewheel tug, and lay in the Upper Bay until 9:00 A.M., when a pilot boat brought the rest of the crew. A Furnace Afloat
  • Pilot boat men who guide ships in and out of Waterford Port last night balloted in favour of industrial action, a move which could disrupt July's Tall Ships' Race launch.
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