单词 | buggalow |
释义 | buggalown. Chiefly Anglo-Indian. A traditional type of sailing vessel used in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Cf. dhow n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > types of regional vessel > in Arabia and western India almadia1568 sambuk1582 londra1675 buggalowa1815 shikara1875 a1815 T. Harriott in J. Harriott Struggles through Life (1815) III. xxi. 220 Having thus laid before Sheik Usept our situation and wishes, he promised that a buggala should be got ready..to convey us to Charack with the East India Company's packet. 1842 G. Arthur Let. 27 Oct. in Ld. Colchester Hist. Indian Admin. of Ld. Ellenborough (1874) 222 Captain Oliver, I find, would prefer the large class of native buggalas, by which so much of the trade of this coast with Scinde, Cutch..is carried on. 1869 Latest News 17 Oct. There were..four vessels: two were large buglahs, each mounting about eight guns. 1884 Times 30 May 8 At Mocha they took passage on board an Arab buggalow. 1923 J. Hornell Indian Boat Designs 142 The baggala and gunjo are the Arab forms of the Indian kotia, the Arab boom or dhangi the counterpart of the Indian nauri. 2014 Irish Times (Nexis) 8 Mar. We passed the motley collection of trading vessels tied two- and three-deep along the creek, buggalows.., that trade the length and breadth of the Arabian Gulf. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1815 |
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