boatlift English

Meaning boatlift meaning

What does boatlift mean?

boatlift noun

— The (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people.

— (also boat lift) A mechanism for lifting boats from the water, or between water on different elevations.

boatlift verb

— (transitive) To transport (a large exodus of people, etc.) by boat.