Berthonn.
/ˈbəːθɒn/ Used attributively to designate a small collapsible boat invented by Berthon. (Frequently with lower-case initial.)
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > collapsible
Berthon1878
faltboat1926
fold boat1938
1878 G. S. Nares Narr. Voy. Polar Sea I. i. 20 The light canvas Berthon boats, available for one or two persons, proved of great service.
1898 W. A. Beauclerk in W. A. Morgan ‘House’ on Sport 444 A berthon canoe..is very useful for cripples [sc. birds] when they get into shallow water.
1901 Boy's Own Paper 19 Oct. 48/2 A small Berthon dinghy that you can carry on board is much better.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.1878- by coach
- by cock
- by cock and pie
- by cocks body!
- by cod's nails
- by colour of
- by common
- by common consent
- by comparison
- by compass
- by computer
- by consent
- by consequence
- by consequent
- by contract
- by contraries
- by corpus bones
- by country
- by course
- by course of
- by cover
- by covert
- by crikey
- by criminy!
- by cripes!