boatie

British  

/ ˈbəʊtɪ /

noun

1. informal a boating enthusiast

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Example Sentences

Rocking to and fro, the nurse tuned her cracked voice to a long-forgotten lullaby—something about a "boatie."

From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.

Now the sunset breeze is dying; Hear the plover, landward flying, Softly down the twilight crying; ����Come to anchor, little boatie, ��������In the port of Sleep.

From The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Van Dyke, Henry

Far away, my little boatie, ����Roaring waves are white with foam; Ships are striving, onward driving, ��������Day and night they roam.

From The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Van Dyke, Henry

O weel may the boatie row And better may she speed, And weel may the boatie row That earns the bairnies' bread!

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Jocky an' Jeamy an' Tammy oot there   A' i' the boatie gaed doon; An' I'm ower auld to fish ony mair,   Sae I hinna the chance to droon!

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George