steamship

Etymology

steam + ship

noun

  1. A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.
    Steamship arrivals, however, are less predictable and the best arrangements of shipping companies and the railway operating department may be upset by weather and tide. 1962 April, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 264

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