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lerret dial.|ˈlɛrɪt|
Also lerrett, -it.
[Etymology unknown.]
A boat suitable for heavy seas, used on the coast about the Isle of Portland.
1828New Sailor's Mag. 155 The ‘Portland Lerret’, or boat adapted for approaching this extraordinary isthmus, ‘Chesel Beach’... A lerret of large size, about five tons burden. 1869Daily News 14 Sept., Pilot George Brown, with a crew of four men, went in a ‘lerrit’ to her assistance. 1877Times 13 Sept. 4/3 In the face of such a sea..none other than the well known Portland ‘lerretts’ could have been launched or beached. 1880T. Hardy Trumpet-Major III. xxxiv. 120 The trip in the stern of the lerret had quite refreshed her. |