bilander

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/ˈbɪləndɚ/

Definition of bilander

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noun

(historical)A small two-masted merchant vessel, used near the coast or in canals, mostly in the Netherlands.

“Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep / Along the coast, and land in view to keep?”
“it being fine weather, all the bilanders and fiſhing boats, that had returned after the first imbarkation, into the harbour, went out again with another body of troops”

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Borrowed from Dutch bijlander, equivalent to by- + lander. See also belandre.

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