Jolly-boat n. : A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.

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Taxonomy
boats, jolly boat, design, shore, origins, free encyclopedia, ship's boat, oars, cutter, Oxford Companion, eighteenth century, captain, carrying out, lifeboat, replacement, old-style, More Words Ancient and Modern, Adkin.

Defination from the web:
... In this illustration from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, crew members flee from a mutinous ship in a jolly boat. ... The application of the jolly boat was developed further during the French Revolutionary and ...