barcarollen.
/ˌbɑːkəˈrəʊl/, /ˈbɑːkərəʊl/, U.S. /ˈbɑrkəˌroʊl/ 1. An Italian boatman.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > boatman or waterman > in Italy
barcarolle1854
1611 in T. Coryate Crudities sig. c4 The Barcaruolo appetite His Gondola directed right Vnto a female Elfe.]
1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 200 We..ordered our barcaroles to pull for the tonnaro.
2. A song sung by Venetian barcaruoli as they row their gondolas; a song or piece of music composed in imitation or reminiscence of such songs.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > sailors' songs
sea-song1659
yo-hope1724
jorram1774
barcarolle1779
tactic1779
boat song1806
Nancy Dawsona1827
stamp and go1830
shanty1856
fore-bitter1906
1779 in W. Waring tr. J. J. Rousseau Dict. Music Barcarolles.
1819 T. Moore Venetian Air ii When maidens sing sweet barcarolles.
1850 E. B. Browning Wk. & Contempl. in Poems I. 336 The woman singeth..A pleasant chant, ballad or barcarolle.
1866 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 564 With a song full of dole, A forlorn barcarole, As my gondola glides.
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