boat hawn.
/ˈbəʊt hɔː/, U.S. /ˈboʊt ˌhɔ/ historical and rare.
A boatyard.Only in etymologies of the name of St Mary Bothaw, a parish church situated in Cannon Street in the City of London, which was destroyed by the Great Fire (1666) and not rebuilt.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > shipyard or boat-yard > [noun]
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a1427 (a1167) in Cartulary Holy Trinity, Aldgate (1971) 83 [Grant of Ralph prior and convent to Peter de Buurges and his heirs male of] Bothaga.]
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 181 A proper parish church called S. Mary Bothaw, or Boatehaw, by the Erber: this church being neare vnto Downgate on the riuer of Thames, hath the addition of Boathaw or Boat haw, of neare adioyning to an haw or yarde wherein of old time, boates were made.
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 365 The church..took its..name from a boat-haw, or boat-builder's-yard.
1906 Sammelbände der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft 7 390 For other examples of the Norman-English patois, compare:..St. Mary Bothaw, Walbrook, as adjoining the boat-haw, or boatbuilder's yard [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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