'Packet boat' definitions:
Definition of 'packet boat'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Packet boat'
From: GCIDE
- packet \pack"et\ (p[a^]k"[e^]t), n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See Pack.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. [1913 Webster]
- Packet boat, Packet ship, or Packet vessel. See Packet, n., 2.
- Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day.
- Packet note or Packet post. See under Paper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'packet boat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- carrier,
- carrier pigeon,
- homer,
- homing pigeon,
- mail car,
- mail coach,
- mail packet,
- mail train,
- mail truck,
- mailer,
- mailplane,
- pigeon post,
- post boat,
- post car,
- post coach,
- post-horse,
- post-office car,
- poster,
- railway mail car