: a shallow-draft boat driven by an airplane propeller and steered by an airplane rudder
Examples of airboat in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe organization has so far lent airboats and a hovercraft to Strain's case.—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024 Go alligator spotting on an airboat tour through the Everglades.—Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2024 Personal airboats, swamp buggies and all-terrain vehicles are not allowed inside the park.—Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 Tommie sat in the cab of a purple airboat, filming with a camcorder as his friend carved through the estuarine maze.—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024 The man was then taken from the ice by airboat to an awaiting ambulance and taken to the Cass Lake Indian Services Hospital where lifesaving efforts were continued.—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2024 He was once employed by the tribe in its Environmental Resource Management Department, and later learned the backcountry as an airboat guide.—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024 Visitors are able to book an airboat tour to venture through this expansive subtropical wilderness and delve into its unique wonders.—Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2024 The airboats crashed into one another on Monday at Wild Florida, a nature park that offers gator encounters, a safari and Everglade airboat tours.—Samantha Neely, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
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