pungyn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌŋɡi/, U.S.

/ˈpəŋɡi/

Forms: 1800s pongee, 1800s– pungey, 1800s– pungie, 1800s– pungo, 1800s– pungy.

Origin: Probably from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pungoteague , -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: Probably < pung- (in Pungoteague, the name of a town in Accomack County, Virginia, where the boat was developed from c1840) + -y suffix⁶. Compare later pung n.³In form pungo probably < pungo- (in Pungoteague).

U.S. regional (chiefly Chesapeake Bay).

A type of boat; esp. a small keel schooner used in harvesting oysters.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > vessels fishing for shellfish or crustaceans

oyster boat1419

whelk-boat1419

dredger1600

lobster-boat1777

oyster scow1824

oysterer1828

shrimper1851

pungy1852

shrimp-boat1872

Morecambe Bay shrimper1874

crabber1883

skillinger1933

Morecambe Bay prawner1935

1852 N.-Y. Daily Times 17 Nov. 5/3 The Leonardtown Beacon states that the pungy Georgiana was capsized in the Potomac, off Blackstone's Island, during the very heavy wind that prevailed along the river.

1854 W. G. Simms Southward Ho! iii. 28 Their most innocent name is ‘pungo’—a sort of schooner, hailing mostly from Manhattan and Massachusetts.

1876 T. Westcott Centennial Portfolio 32/2 There are models of fish-hatching houses, of fishing-rafts..and also of the oyster-catching material, vessels, pungys, canoes, drags, rafts, etc.

1882 Cent. Mag. July 353/2 Originally intended for a Baltimore pungie, she was turned into a schooner-yacht and called the Hornet.

1938 ‘J. Digges’ Bowleg Bill 24 Next morning the whole harbor is cluttered up with dories, pungoes, and anything down to harness-casks.

1941 M. V. Brewington Chesapeake Bay Bugeyes 46 The ordinary pungy rig, with sharply raking masts, round mastheads, iron rod cross-trees, upper and lower cap, and with the top-mast not fidded but resting in the lower cap.

1967 L. S. Tawes Coasting Captain 4 In the fall of 1868 I left the farm and went dredging as cook on a pungy boat.

1996 T. Horton Island out of Time 43 More than a thousand sailcraft—four-masted schooners, sloops, pungies, and bugeyes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pungy
释义	pungyn. Brit. /ˈpʌŋɡi/, U.S. /ˈpəŋɡi/ Forms: 1800s pongee, 1800s– pungey, 1800s– pungie, 1800s– pungo, 1800s– pungy. Origin: Probably from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pungoteague , -y suffix⁶. Etymology: Probably < pung- (in Pungoteague, the name of a town in Accomack County, Virginia, where the boat was developed from c1840) + -y suffix⁶. Compare later pung n.³In form pungo probably < pungo- (in Pungoteague). U.S. regional (chiefly Chesapeake Bay). A type of boat; esp. a small keel schooner used in harvesting oysters. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > vessels fishing for shellfish or crustaceans oyster boat1419 whelk-boat1419 dredger1600 lobster-boat1777 oyster scow1824 oysterer1828 shrimper1851 pungy1852 shrimp-boat1872 Morecambe Bay shrimper1874 crabber1883 skillinger1933 Morecambe Bay prawner1935 1852 N.-Y. Daily Times 17 Nov. 5/3 The Leonardtown Beacon states that the pungy Georgiana was capsized in the Potomac, off Blackstone's Island, during the very heavy wind that prevailed along the river. 1854 W. G. Simms Southward Ho! iii. 28 Their most innocent name is ‘pungo’—a sort of schooner, hailing mostly from Manhattan and Massachusetts. 1876 T. Westcott Centennial Portfolio 32/2 There are models of fish-hatching houses, of fishing-rafts..and also of the oyster-catching material, vessels, pungys, canoes, drags, rafts, etc. 1882 Cent. Mag. July 353/2 Originally intended for a Baltimore pungie, she was turned into a schooner-yacht and called the Hornet. 1938 ‘J. Digges’ Bowleg Bill 24 Next morning the whole harbor is cluttered up with dories, pungoes, and anything down to harness-casks. 1941 M. V. Brewington Chesapeake Bay Bugeyes 46 The ordinary pungy rig, with sharply raking masts, round mastheads, iron rod cross-trees, upper and lower cap, and with the top-mast not fidded but resting in the lower cap. 1967 L. S. Tawes Coasting Captain 4 In the fall of 1868 I left the farm and went dredging as cook on a pungy boat. 1996 T. Horton Island out of Time 43 More than a thousand sailcraft—four-masted schooners, sloops, pungies, and bugeyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852
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