A type of sailing boat or barge chiefly used on rivers and in coastal waters; a lighter (lighter, n.1). Now historical.
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释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > sailing-barge (9) gabbart1487 A type of sailing boat or barge chiefly used on rivers and in coastal waters; a lighter (lighter, n.1). Now historical. wherry1589 A large boat of the barge kind: see quots. local. piragua1667 An open flat-bottomed schooner-rigged vessel or two-masted sailing barge, of a type used in North America and the Caribbean. Now historical. schooner barge1819 (a) U.S. a short-masted vessel designed to be towed; (b) a flat-bottomed vessel rigged as a topsail schooner. spritsail1867 A sailing barge rigged with such a sail. Also more fully spritsail barge. Cf. spritty, n. stumpy1881 A spritsail barge. sailing-barge1886 spritty1920 Esp. on the Thames and the coasts around its estuary: a sailing barge rigged with a spritsail (spritsail, n. 2). Also more fully spritty barge. Cf. Th… sailor-man1948 (a) in informal and jocular use = sense 1; also occasionally an adult sailor; (b) a sailing-barge(man). |
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