pull-boat—
1. (hist.) a barge or boat propelled by pulling a rope:
- It is a treat to see a powerful young Dutchwoman handle a rope on a pull-boat.
2. (U.S.) a motorized flatboat used to draw logs over water:
- In the cypress swamps of Louisiana there are employed what are known as pull-boats.
pulling boat—a small boat having a flat or rounded bottom and rowlocks for the oars:
- As one who has paddled thousands of miles facing forward in canoes I couldn’t get used to facing aft in a pulling boat.