longboat

1. (nautical) The largest and thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship.Examples: "But our Patron, warn’d by this Disaster, resolved to take more Care of himself for the future; and having lying by him the Long-Boat of our English Ship that he had taken, he resolved he would not go a fishing any more without a Compass and some Provision […]"; "We cast Anchor within a League of this Creek, and our Captain sent a dozen of his Men well armed in the Long Boat, with Vessels for Water, if any could be found."; "So far we had had reason to rejoice in the escape of our longboat, which had received no damage from any of the huge seas which had come on board."