billyboyn.
/ˈbɪlɪbɔɪ/ ‘A Humber or east-coast boat, of river-barge build, and a try-sail; a bluff-bowed north-country trader, or large one-masted vessel of burden.’ Smyth.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > vessel with specific number of masts > single-masted vessels variously rigged
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1855 R. Knox E. Yorksh. 62 Small flat-bottomed sloops called Billy-boys or Humber-keels.
1879 Hertf. Merc. 1 Mar. 2/7 The large tanned-sail barges, sometimes called billy-boys,..coming from Rochester or other places on the Kentish coast.
1884 S. Baring-Gould Mehalah (new ed.) viii. 116 The pay was too small to entice a youth, who owned a vessel, a billy-boy, and oyster pans.
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