forward a Comb forward boat: a light boat used at the seal-hunt, capable of being hauled over the ice when the floes are too heavy to sail through.
   1895 Xmas Review 19 The forward boat now rounded Suther Point and, pulling her sheets home taut, stood well in the harbor. 'She'll fotch Little Beach,' said the light-keeper. T 29-64 Years gone by the men of the place used to go out seal-hunting into what we call a forward boat. That will be a boat sixteen feet long [used] hunting the bellamer and the harp seals. T 172/5-65 Well, 'tis get the boat out—we had a forward boat—an' take her in tow.

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