bilandern.
/ˈbɪləndə//ˈbʌɪləndə/ A two-masted merchant vessel, a kind of hoy, distinguished by the trapezoidal shape of the mainsail; used in Holland for coast and canal traffic.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > vessel with specific number of masts > types of vessel with two masts > other two-masted vessels
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1656 (title) The Opening of Rivers for Navigation..a Mediterranean Passage by Water for Billanders of thirty tun, between Bristol and London.
1666 London Gaz. No. 37/4 Here are three small Billanders from Bruges in Flanders.
1676 W. Temple Let. in Wks. (1731) II. 351 Their baggage is already laden in a By-lander in this Canal.
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 8 Like Bilanders to creep Along the coast.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Belande, belandre.
a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. iii. 62 I agreed for a Billinder, which is a kind of Dutch Vessel.
1833 R. Southey Naval Hist. Eng. IV. 295 In little boats and bylanders to steal along the shore by night.
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