bilander

American  

[bil-uhn-der] / ˈbɪl ən dər /

Or billander

noun

1. a small two-masted merchant vessel, a type of hoy distinguished by the trapezoidal shape of the mainsail, used especially on canals and along coasts of the Low Countries.

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bilander British  

/ ˈbɪləndə /

noun

1. a small two-masted cargo ship

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Etymology

Origin of bilander

1655–65; < Dutch bijlander from obsolete Dutch billander, binlander hoy ¹ ( def. ) in the sense “a vessel with large mast for sailing along coast” < bij “by” + land “land”

Example Sentences

Bylander, obsolete form of Bilander.

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"I am sorry to be troublesome, Mynheer Van Dunck, but I can not say good-by without having your receipt in full for the old bilander."

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"Well, mynheer, you have only to pay the difference, and the ketch will do; the bilander sails almost as fast."

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They called her "the lugger," though her rig was widely different from that, and her due title was "bilander."

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"I'm thinking that your notion is a very good one, captain," said the master of the bilander, Brown, a dry old hand from Grimsby.

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