单词 | boyer |
释义 | boyern. Now rare (chiefly historical in later use). A type of Dutch sloop or smack, typically used to carry cargo. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > fore and aft rigged > sloop > of Flemish type boyer1570 1570 High Court of Admiralty Exam. 14 Oct. 18 The said Brewer receyved and toke in and had in to his owne vessell beinge a Boyer, [etc.]. a1618 W. Raleigh in Remains (1661) 167 By their fashioned Ships called Boyers, Hoybarks, Hoyes..made to hold great bulke of Merchandize. 1642 Marquess of Hertford Let. to Queen 6 Master Knolles a servant of the king went in the boyer. 1770 tr. C. H. Manstein Mem. Russia 60 This voyage was performed by water, in fourscore vessels, which were galleys, and other smaller barks, called boyers. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 127 Boyer, a sloop of Flemish construction, with a raised work at each end. 1882 Standard 25 Dec. 3/3 It has beauties of its own quite equal to those of xebec, felucca, or boier all put together. 1948 A. Nin Under Glass Bell (1978) 11 A Dutch boyer sailing to Bali. 1994 T. C. Gillmer Hist. Working Watercraft (ed. 2) ii. 44 The stem on both the boeier and the botter is gracefully rounded in profile, generally terminating with a sharply defined crescent-shaped end. 2004 L. Sicking in L. Sicking et al. Dutch Light in ‘Norwegian Night’ 29 The reason why the boyer accompanied the two main ships is explained in a request that Willem Hendricxzoon has addressed to the central government in Brussels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1570 |
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