bilander
Pronunciations
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/ˈbɪləndɚ/
Noun
A small two-masted merchant vessel, used near the coast or in canals, mostly in the Netherlands.
Usage- Historical
- Examples
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Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep / Along the coast, and land in view to keep?
More examples (1)
it being fine weather, all the bilanders and fiſhing boats, that had returned after the first imbarkation, into the harbour, went out again with another body of troops
Word forms
bilanders