遠えん島とう船ぶねMeanings1noundeportation boatHistorical term for a boat used to transport people sentenced to exile or deportation, especially during the Edo period.江え戸ど時じ代だい、罪ざい人にんは遠えん島とう船ぶねで島しま流ながしにされた。In the Edo period, criminals were sent into exile on deportation boats.