boating license
- noun
- /ˈboʊtɪŋ ˈlaɪsəns/
- Formal
:
licencia de navegación
- There are several legislators who are interested in having a boating license, and I believe you're going to have a hard time with that issue in the General Assembly," Unterman said, adding that some places in the state don't have the same amount of boating traffic as Lanier.
Examples
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Do you have your boating license?
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Maybe you should actually, like, get your boating license.
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You need to pass a test to obtain your boating license before operating a motorboat.
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Many young people are excited to get their boating license for the summer.
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Having a valid boating license is essential for legally operating a sailboat on the lake.
How Qualified
- Formal
- Formal
9
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'boating' (the activity of using boats) plus 'license' (official authorization) yields a document authorizing someone to boat. This noun‑noun pattern (cf. 'driver's license', 'fishing license') is cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Boating license comes from the simple image of a paper that gives official 'permission' to use a boat, where boating shows the activity and license is the paper that gives permission. So it means the official document that lets a person drive a boat.