pleasure boat

English

Noun

pleasure boat (plural pleasure boats)

1. A boat used for recreational activities, such as sport fishing or touring. [from 17th c.]
   • 1958 July 14, “When Soldiers Meet”, in Time:

     Steaming up the Adriatic aboard ex-King Farouk's former pleasure boat (now renamed Freedom), Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser arrived last week at the beautiful Yugoslav seaport of Dubrovnik.

Synonyms

• pleasure craft

Translations

pleasure boat — see also pleasure craft

• Finnish: huvivene