BOATLIFT


Meaning of BOATLIFT in English

/boht"lift'/ , n.

an operation in which large numbers of people or vast quantities of supplies are transported by ships or boats in an emergency.

[ BOAT + LIFT, perh. modeled on AIRLIFT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .