A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).
An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.
To rescue; to carry to safety
A light ship used to navigate inland waterways.
A flat-bottomed vessel once employed by British merchants, notably in East Anglia, sometimes converted into pleasure boats.
A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is extracted.