DCHP-1 Online
team-boat † Obs. 
1 † n. a boat propelled by horses working a treadmill that drove the paddle-wheel(s).
See also: horse-boat
- 1825 Two boys were brought up to this office on Thursday last, and bound over to the sessions, for having exposed themselves improperly the night previous on the Market slip, while the Team boat was approaching the wharf.
- 1835 (1838) . . . like a horse that refused to draw, he is put into the team boat. He finds some afore him, and others behind him; he must either draw or be dragged to death.
2 n. See quote.
- 1950 This type of ferry passed from the scene in 1816, being supplanted by a team-boat--two boats united by a platform with a paddle wheel between.
- 1825 Two boys were brought up to this office on Thursday last, and bound over to the sessions, for having exposed themselves improperly the night previous on the Market slip, while the Team boat was approaching the wharf.