hogboatn.
/ˈhɒɡbəʊt/, U.S. /ˈhɔɡˌboʊt/, /ˈhɑɡˌboʊt/ Originally and chiefly English regional (Sussex). Now historical.
A relatively small, broad-bodied, decked boat with a narrow transom, leeboards, and a two-masted spritsail rig, used until the late 19th cent. for fishing off the Sussex coast.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun]
bark1477
sail1517
winged wain1605
sailing-boat1721
sailing-vesselc1748
hogboat1784
sail-boat1798
sail-shipa1850
sailer1871
sailing-ship1871
windjammer1880
windbag1924
windship1934
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > other sailing vessels
balinger1391
caliphe1393
buss1471
mahonnet1524
flute1567
mahone1572
shallopa1578
prahu1582
caïque1666
bullenger1670
hogboat1784
mistico1792
water-manikin1796
mistic1828
sailing-packet1842
sharpie1860
tjalk1861
botter1880
scow schooner1885
scow sloop1885
ghoster1886
sailing-trawler1891
sharp1891
skiff1891
palari1936
gulet1986
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > other types of fishing vessel
spindlers-boat1243
manfare1326
stall boat1328
dogger1338
hackboat1344
coble1493
peter-boat1540
monger1558
trimboat1558
shotter1580
crab-skuit1614
fly-boat1614
cantera1642
dogger-boat1646
cag1666
yawl1670
barca-longa1681
hogboat1784
fishing-smack1785
hooker1801
hatch-boat1828
pinkie1840
fishing-bark1841
pookhaun1851
garookuh1855
jigger1860
fisher-bark1862
fisher-keel1870
Norwegian1872
scaf1877
mule coble1883
mule1884
Zulu1884
novy1885
tosher1885
skipjack1887
fleeter1888
fishing-float1893
rodney1895
mutton-ham boat1899
nobby1899
sinagot1927
sport fisherman1937
sport fisher1940
ski-boat1964
belly boat1976
1784 Sussex Weekly Advertiser 27 Dec. (advt.) The materials of a small Cutter and Hog Boat, consisting of Masts, Sails, Yards, running Rigging, &c.
1786 Sussex Weekly Advertiser 17 July On Friday se'nnight as two fishermen belonging to Hastings..were trawling in a little hog-boat off that place, their boat overset, when they all three unfortunately perished.
1872 Daily News 24 Aug. On came the hog-boat full sail, and with the water spurting up at her bows.
1901 Engineering 22 Feb. 230/3 We remember that the old Sussex hog-boats, of which one or two examples remained in the days of our youth, had lee-boards.
1997 B. Greenhill & J. Mannering Chatham Directory of Inshore Craft 113/3 The Brighton hog boat or ‘hoggie’ was about 28ft long with an extreme 16ft beam, tiny transom and very bluff bow which enabled it to drive through the breaking water and float on to the beach like duck.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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