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

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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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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 headliner and aft bulkhead are carpeted rather than covered in vinyl, but otherwise the cuddy is finished nicely, with reading lights and storage areas.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

We're all in the cuddy or afore the mast—w'ich you please—so you can just sweat all the notions you ever had.

From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung

Neil,' said he, 'if we had only a net, do ye not think we could trawl for cuddies?'

From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by William Black

The little fish called cuddies produce a great deal.

From The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell

"Ay," he said dryly, "there's a wheen gey cuddies in Barbie!" and he went back to his stuffy little room to study "The Wealth of Nations."

From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown

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

There are more little cuddies of places, dye-shops, tailors, and nondescript corners that seem to have no possible mission on earth and are sadly conscious of their aimlessness.

From Violets and Other Tales by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson

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