Home › Words › B › boatlengthboatlengthboatlength means A distance equal to the length of a boat.EtymologyFrom boat + length.nounA distance equal to the length of a boat.e.g.“His failing form the tides wash o’er, / Within a boatlength of the shore.” — 1835 December, “Extract from the unpublished Poem of Tahamold, or the Raven Hair”, in The Ladies’ Companion, New York, N.Y., page 78, column 2:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.boatlet 59% match — A little boat. vs boatlength →boatlike 58% match — Resembling a boat vs boatlength →aburton 58% match — With the length athwartship. vs boatlength →boaty 58% match — Relating to boats. vs boatlength →bodylength 57% match — The length of a body vs boatlength →longboat 56% match — The largest and thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship. vs boatlength →alength 56% match — lengthwise vs boatlength →boatwise 55% match — In the manner of a boat. vs boatlength →