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A type of large seagoing vessel, originally from the Low Countries, having a square stern and a broad afterdeck above a round hull. Cf. hagboat, n.
a narrow stern resembling that of a pink; (also) a sailing vessel having such a stern.
A boat of a particular construction (see quot. 1889).