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bawley local.|ˈbɔːlɪ|
Also bauley, baully.
[Of obscure origin.]
A fishing-smack peculiar to the coasts of Essex and Kent. Also attrib., as bawley-boat.
1887Parish & Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 9 Bawley, a small fishing smack used on the coasts of Kent and Essex, about the mouth of the Thames and Medway. 1888Sat. Rev. 24 Mar. 349 A little creek where barges and bawley-boats can ride. 1895Rye Gloss. E. Anglia, Bauley Boats, Harwich fishing-smacks. 1921Spectator 7 May 589/1 Leigh-on-Sea is the producer of the bawley, a type of craft which has a loose-footed mainsail, but would otherwise be called a cutter. 1948H. Benham Last Strongholds of Sail xxiii. 194 They are comely little bawleys, well kept, power-driven, and obviously prosperous. |