paquebot

Meanings

Noun

• a mailboat
• a postal marking or cancellation stamped on mail posted at sea or in a harbour for processing by the postal authorities at the next port of call. Mail so marked in one country will often carry the stamps of another country.

Adjective

• Relating to mail posted at sea.

Origin

• Borrowed from French paquebot ("mailboat"). First used in Great Britain in 1894, the term was adopted for general use by the Universal Postal Union in 1897.