steam-packet

English

Noun

steam-packet (plural steam-packets)

1. A packet boat powered by steam.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 255:

     Every preparation was now made: one day more and they were at Dover, and the next they embarked on board the steam-packet.