A boat or small vessel that travels with or by means of the tide.
1576. The tyde taryeth no man, in Collier, Illustr. E. E. Pop. Lit. (1863), 77. He dyed in a great madnesse, And went with the tyde boat straight into Hell.
1611. Cotgr., L’Anguille, the name of the tyde-boat which passes betweene Blaye, and Bourdeaux.
1710. Brit. Apollo, III. No. 25. 3/2. I lately in Tide-Boat to Gravesend did steer.
1840. Dickens, Barn. Rudge, li. He may get to the Tower Stairs, and away by the Gravesend tide-boat.
