单词 | butty boat |
释义 | > as lemmasbutty boat butty boat n. an unpowered freight barge towed by a primary barge. ΚΠ 1858 Morning Chron. 25 Sept. 3/3 We left the barge in a body along with the cheerful giant, and two of the butty-boat crew. 1909 ‘Q’ True Tilda ix. 116 With two horses hauling at the first [barge], and the second (which Sam called a butty-boat) towed astern. 1946 Archit. Rev. 100 161/1 They [sc. barges] go in pairs, a diesel-engined motor boat and a butty boat towed behind... The cabin of the butty is down into the bottom of the boat. 2017 Daventry Express (Nexis) 19 June Timothy will steer President—the last surviving steam narrowboat—into the marina, towing its butty boat Kildare, steered by Prunella. < as lemmas |
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