wherry
Americannoun
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wherries
plural
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a light rowboat for one person; skiff.
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any of various barges, fishing vessels, etc., used locally in England.
verb (used with or without object)
noun
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any of certain kinds of half-decked commercial boats, such as barges, used in Britain
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a light rowing boat used in inland waters and harbours
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Etymology
Origin of wherry
1400–50; late Middle English whery < ?
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The Canaries’ next play Brighton and Watford and improved performances and results will be needed if this Norfolk project isn’t to take on the appearance of a wherry holed beneath the waterline.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2019
Why did she not feel the same eagerness to be away, as on that night, when she leapt out of the wherry?
From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
The clumsy wherry used by the family was moored to a ring a few yards distant.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
In a few moments the wherry approached them.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
They visited the source of the Thames, making the voyage in a wherry from Windsor to Cricklade.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
Before lorries became the preferred mode of transportation, wherries - large sailing boats used in the Broads - would have transported goods to and from the factory.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Through black smoke and swirling green fire, Davos glimpsed a swarm of small, boats bearing downriver: a confusion of ferries and wherries, barges, skiffs, rowboats, and hulks that looked too rotten to float.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
The river is navigable for wherries and yachts drawing but little water, right up to Aylsham, some eleven miles further; but there are two more locks before reaching Aylsham.
From The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk by G. Christopher Davies
She was much about the burthen of one of our London wherries below Bridge, and built sharp at both ends, like the forepart of a wherry.
From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by C. Boden Kloss
The passengers had to be put on board in the wherries at a charge of threepence each.
From Rambling Recollections of Chelsea by an old inhabitant by J. B. Ellenor
"My darling child," said she, hugging and kissing her just as tenderly as if she had never been "wherrying."
From Dotty Dimple At Home by Sophie May
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