pleasure craft

phrase

: boats used for pleasure rather than work

We saw many fishing boats and pleasure craft on the bay.

Examples of pleasure craft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Drones and missiles mounted on trucks or mines could be deployed from untold numbers of small fishing boats, dhows or even pleasure craft, experts said. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026

Most winters, the firm houses more than 5,000 boats and marine pleasure craft. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026

Last Monday, a crew aboard a Coast Guard boat that is part of the Maritime Safety and Security Team in Los Angeles/Long Beach interdicted five people aboard a 20-foot pleasure craft, approximately 4 miles southwest of Point Loma. — Philip Diehl, Mercury News, 16 June 2025

Strong currents and large debris can threaten pleasure craft safety during high flows. — Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2024

Rhymes for pleasure craft

• antiaircraft
• choreographed
• chromatographed
• mimeographed
• abaft
• aircraft
• camshaft
• crankshaft
• downdraft
• engraft
• priestcraft
• redraft