Where does “pickle boat” come from?

pickle boat (English) comes from English pickle, from English pick, from Middle English piken, from Middle English pyke, from Old English pīc, from Proto-Germanic *pīk, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik- — sap, juice.

pickle boat (English): In certain fishing fleets, the last boat to return to the dock

Definitions

  1. In certain fishing fleets, the last boat to return to the dock

Ancestry of “pickle boat”, step by step

pickle boat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pickle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpickleA cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a...
2EnglishpickA tool used for digging; a pickaxe; A tool for...
3Middle EnglishpikenTo pick at; to use a edged tool on; To pierce or...
4Middle EnglishpykeA sharp round point or projection; A point or end...
5Old Englishpīcpointed object, pick axe
6Proto-Germanic*pīk
7Latinpixpitch, tar
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

via English boat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboatA craft used for transportation of goods,...
2Middle EnglishbotA seafaring vessel or watercraft; a device for...
3Old Englishbātthat which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,...
4Proto-West Germanicbaitboat, ship
5Proto-Germanicbaitazboat, ship
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “pickle boat

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik-Every word from Latin pix