cuddy

¹ American  

[kuhd-ee] / ˈkʌd i /

noun

• cuddies
  plural

1. Nautical.

   1. a small room, cabin, or enclosed space at the bow or stern of a boat, especially one under the poop.

   2. a galley or pantry in a small boat.

   3. a small locker in an open boat, especially one at the bow.

   4. (on a fishing boat) a platform on which a net is coiled when not in use.

2. a small room, cupboard, or closet.

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cuddy ² American  

[kuhd-ee, kood-ee] / ˈkʌd i, ˈkʊd i /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

• cuddies
  plural

1. a donkey.

2. a stupid person.

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cuddy ¹ British  

/ ˈkʌdɪ /

noun

1. a small cabin in a boat

2. a small room, cupboard, etc

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cuddy ² British  

/ ˈkʌdɪ /

noun

1. dialect a donkey or horse

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cuddy ³ British  

/ ˈkʌdɪ /

noun

1. a young coalfish

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cuddies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cuddy¹

First recorded in 1650–60; of uncertain origin

Origin of cuddy²

1705–15; perhaps generic use of Cuddy, short for Cuthbert, man's name

Example Sentences

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cuddy cuddies

Wright’s boat, a 21-foot cuddy cabin, remains moored at dock, just like his fishing/mentoring ministry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2022

It’s easy to anchor in the river and jump off the stern of any boat, from a cuddy cabin to Dan Snyder’s 224-foot, $100 million superyacht.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2022

The cuddy cabin includes a cushioned vee-berth with two large storage compartments below, a standard removable porta-potty, and more rod storage in bulkhead racks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Plus, the cuddy with galley makes it possible for two people to overnight.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was not a lantern to be found so he grabbed up the cuddy lamp and ran to the deck with it.

From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Frank Gee Patchin

"Ye auld wife, the sodgers would bray at ye like cuddies!"

From Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson

"Neil," said he, "if we had only a net; do you not think we could trawl for cuddies?"

From The New McGuffey Fourth Reader by William Holmes McGuffey

The 1884 North Carolina sharpie shown in this plan has two small cuddies; it also has the U-shaped main hatch typical of the Carolina sharpie.

From The Migrations of an American Boat Type by Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle

Making his way aft Barcroft boldly descended the short ladder leading into the cabin—a somewhat spacious compartment with the small "cuddies" on barges working British canals.

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

The sale of the cuddies went on briskly.

From The New McGuffey Fourth Reader by William Holmes McGuffey