bumboatn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌmbəʊt/, U.S.

/ˈbəmˌboʊt/

Forms: 1600s– bumboat, 1700s bombboat.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch bunboot.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < Dutch bunboot kind of small boat with a water-filled hatch for keeping caught fish alive (although this is only attested later as a compound: 20th cent.) < bun such a hatch (1580 as beun : see note) + boot boat n.¹, with remodelling of the second element after boat n.¹Dutch bun , beun ‘water-filled hatch’ is probably originally a specific use of beun raised platform, cognate with Middle Low German bōne , bȫne raised floor, floor of an upper storey, podium, Middle High German büne raised floor, floor of an upper storey, podium (German Bühne podium, stage), apparently ultimately < a variant of the Germanic base of bottom n. Alternative suggestions. It has also been suggested that the first element may be Dutch bom kind of large flat-bottomed fishing boat (although this is first attested later: 19th cent.; probably a specific use of bom , regional (coastal Flanders) variant of bodem bottom n.), but this is a very different kind of ship, or that it may be Dutch boom tree, log (see beam n.¹), although this is not attested in combination with boot, and combinations with other words for ‘boat’ typically refer to types of craft not used in northern Europe.

a. Originally: a small boat used to carry provisions to, and remove refuse from, ships lying at anchor in a harbour; (from the 18th cent.) a small trading boat carrying provisions for sale to moored or anchored ships, and (later also, esp. in Singapore) ferrying cargo between ships and the shore.Bumboats have frequently been associated with illicit activities, such as theft, smuggling, and prostitution; cf. Bumboat Act n. at Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > boat attendant on larger vessel > [noun] > boat plying between ship shore

strand boat1670

bumboat1671

Moses1736

shore-boat1804

foy-boat1813

bunder-boat1825

bumbarge1839

tender1853

trot-boat1945

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > scavenging boat

bumboat1671

1671 Proclam. Charles II Dirt-boats & Bum-boats 6 Apr. (single sheet) Whereas several Dirt-Boats and Bum-Boats..under pretence of Fetching Dirt, and Furnishing necessary Provisions on Board such Ships as are in the River, do commit divers Thefts and Robberies.

1680 True Narr. Proc. Assizes Surry 4 A Rower in a Bumboat was tryed for Stealing several Cables..from on Board a Vessel lying in Redriff road upon the Thames.

1726 D. Defoe Brief Case Distillers 21 The Bumboats, who continue to this Day, crying a Dram of the Bottle, in the River, among the Ships.

1764 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 15 June The French boasted addition to their navy are only a few bum-boats to supply the trading British Tars with fresh provisions.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xix. 257 All the bum-boats were very anxious to supply the ship.

1863 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 187 The bumboat has come alongside..with oranges and grapes, loaf-bread..herrings, and similar dainties.

1938 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 20 Feb. 7/2 A bumboat of unpurchased fowl was about to move off from the brig's stern.

1988 M. MacMillan Women of Raj i. 22 The ‘bumboats’ which came out to sell a strangely assorted cargo of shoes, black bread, onions and monkeys.

2015 Edge (Singapore) (Nexis) 10 Aug. At that time [sc. the 1970s], the Singapore River was full of bumboats and it was smelly.

b. In Singapore: a boat of this type used as a water taxi or for sightseeing tours.Arising from the conversion of traditional bumboats (sense 1a) to this purpose.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > others spec.

weir-boat1436

monkey boat1813

night boat1839

commodore1847

sneak-boat1850

pitch-boat1867

press boat1870

love boat1913

patrol craft1919

refueller1929

gin palace1949

bumboat1972

1972 New Nation (Singapore) 18 Oct. 5/5 Overcrowded bumboats ferrying devotees from Clifford Pier to Kusu Island.

1993 National Geographic Traveler Mar. 105/1 Early next morning I set off from Clifford Pier in a chartered bumboat to Seking.

2016 Australian (Nexis) 16 Jan. (Travel section) 26 Jump on the No 2 bus to Changi Village, then catch a bumboat to the island of Pulau Ubin.

2. Australian slang. A travelling shop selling alcohol illegally, esp. to miners and other labourers in isolated camps or stations in the interior. Also: a hawker who sells illicit alcohol in this way. Now historical and rare.

ΚΠ

1851 Bell's Life in Sydney 25 Oct. 1/1 Scarcely a station in the interior but has been visited by the ‘bum-boat’..of the Bathurst sly grog-sellers.

1869 Bushmen, Publicans & Politics 12 The principal ‘bum boats’ are small unlicensed hawkers travelling under colour of selling a few potatoes or some fruit.

1907 Sun (Kalgoorlie, W. Austral.) 1 Dec. 6/2 A member of the party pursues his staggery way to the bumboat, that the beer supply may be replenished.

1954 T. Ronan Vision Splendid 84 The crowd of racing men, station hands, bagmen and surveyors gathered around the bumboats.

Compounds

C1. attributive.

a. Designating a person who operates or works on a bumboat, as bumboat man, bumboat people, bumboat woman, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > boatman or waterman > bumboat people

bumboat1714

1714 London Gaz. No. 5245/3 John Daniel, an Alehouse-keeper and Bomb-boat Man at Woolwich.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiv. 220 He pulled out my handkerchief..and..sold it before my face to bum-boat-woman then on board, for a quart of gin.

1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. viii. 141 We purchased some sheets of paper from the bumboat people.

1884 Littell's Living Age 15 Mar. 700 Fruits from..the bumboat-woman at a seaport.

?1906 D. Reid Reminisc. 58 He was what was called a bum-boat man and had his cart and an immense puncheon of rum which he was selling at a good figure.

1925 E. A. Powell Beyond Utmost Purple Rim i. 17 We were surrounded by a swarm of vociferous bumboat-men, Egyptian, Arab, Syrian, Armenian, who..spread upon the deck their wares.

1970 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 17 Mar. 22/4 One of the bumboat guys tried to come aboard.

2003 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 5 May The bumboat men who have been operating from Jardine Steps—some for over 50 years.

2012 E. Major Madam Britannia ix. 309 Bumboat women were notorious for their criminal activities as smugglers and prostitutes.

b. In Singapore: designating a journey or excursion taken on a bumboat (sense 1b), as bumboat cruise, bumboat ride, etc.

ΚΠ

1979 Sunday Nation (Singapore) 25 Nov. 3/1 A 45-minute bumboat cruise up the Singapore River taking in the old sights.

1997 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 22 Nov. 121 For those seeking a look at restored colonial properties, a ‘bumboat’ tour of Singapore River for about $8, drifts past the best of the crop.

2016 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 29 Apr. Admission: $18 (includes shuttle bus, two-way bumboat ride, island taxi van and tour).

C2.

Bumboat Act n. now historical an Act of Parliament passed by the British government in 1762, designed to prevent theft by bumboats from ships in harbours and docks on the Thames.More formally known as the Thefts upon the Thames Act ( Act 2 Geo. III, c. 28).

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society > law > types of laws > [noun] > commercial or revenue

sizea1300

assizea1330

indiction1586

poll bill1641

frumentarian law1652

statute of the staple1657

statute of frauds1678

Gin Act1730

Pot Act1733

Stamp Act1765

Stamp-Bill1765

corn law1766

Bumboat Act1796

Maine law1852

permissive bill1864

lemon law1981

1796 Gen. Evening Post 8 Dec. By an Act of Parliament, passed some time ago, called the Bum Boat Act, a power was given to stop any boats upon the river loaded with goods of which a proper account could not be given.

1820 W. J. Broderip & P. Bingham Rep. Court Common Pleas 1 433 The vessel..was seized..under the Bum-boat act (2 Geo. III. c. 28).

1893 Rep. Supreme Court Calif. 97 328 The owner had been convicted under a statute called the Bumboat Act.

2005 Law & Hist. Rev. 23 183 The Bumboat Act, while undoubtedly intrusive, was also very localized.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bumboat
释义	bumboatn. Brit. /ˈbʌmbəʊt/, U.S. /ˈbəmˌboʊt/ Forms: 1600s– bumboat, 1700s bombboat. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch bunboot. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < Dutch bunboot kind of small boat with a water-filled hatch for keeping caught fish alive (although this is only attested later as a compound: 20th cent.) < bun such a hatch (1580 as beun : see note) + boot boat n.¹, with remodelling of the second element after boat n.¹Dutch bun , beun ‘water-filled hatch’ is probably originally a specific use of beun raised platform, cognate with Middle Low German bōne , bȫne raised floor, floor of an upper storey, podium, Middle High German büne raised floor, floor of an upper storey, podium (German Bühne podium, stage), apparently ultimately < a variant of the Germanic base of bottom n. Alternative suggestions. It has also been suggested that the first element may be Dutch bom kind of large flat-bottomed fishing boat (although this is first attested later: 19th cent.; probably a specific use of bom , regional (coastal Flanders) variant of bodem bottom n.), but this is a very different kind of ship, or that it may be Dutch boom tree, log (see beam n.¹), although this is not attested in combination with boot, and combinations with other words for ‘boat’ typically refer to types of craft not used in northern Europe. 1. a. Originally: a small boat used to carry provisions to, and remove refuse from, ships lying at anchor in a harbour; (from the 18th cent.) a small trading boat carrying provisions for sale to moored or anchored ships, and (later also, esp. in Singapore) ferrying cargo between ships and the shore.Bumboats have frequently been associated with illicit activities, such as theft, smuggling, and prostitution; cf. Bumboat Act n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > boat attendant on larger vessel > [noun] > boat plying between ship shore strand boat1670 bumboat1671 Moses1736 shore-boat1804 foy-boat1813 bunder-boat1825 bumbarge1839 tender1853 trot-boat1945 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > scavenging boat bumboat1671 1671 Proclam. Charles II Dirt-boats & Bum-boats 6 Apr. (single sheet) Whereas several Dirt-Boats and Bum-Boats..under pretence of Fetching Dirt, and Furnishing necessary Provisions on Board such Ships as are in the River, do commit divers Thefts and Robberies. 1680 True Narr. Proc. Assizes Surry 4 A Rower in a Bumboat was tryed for Stealing several Cables..from on Board a Vessel lying in Redriff road upon the Thames. 1726 D. Defoe Brief Case Distillers 21 The Bumboats, who continue to this Day, crying a Dram of the Bottle, in the River, among the Ships. 1764 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 15 June The French boasted addition to their navy are only a few bum-boats to supply the trading British Tars with fresh provisions. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xix. 257 All the bum-boats were very anxious to supply the ship. 1863 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 187 The bumboat has come alongside..with oranges and grapes, loaf-bread..herrings, and similar dainties. 1938 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 20 Feb. 7/2 A bumboat of unpurchased fowl was about to move off from the brig's stern. 1988 M. MacMillan Women of Raj i. 22 The ‘bumboats’ which came out to sell a strangely assorted cargo of shoes, black bread, onions and monkeys. 2015 Edge (Singapore) (Nexis) 10 Aug. At that time [sc. the 1970s], the Singapore River was full of bumboats and it was smelly. b. In Singapore: a boat of this type used as a water taxi or for sightseeing tours.Arising from the conversion of traditional bumboats (sense 1a) to this purpose. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > others spec. weir-boat1436 monkey boat1813 night boat1839 commodore1847 sneak-boat1850 pitch-boat1867 press boat1870 love boat1913 patrol craft1919 refueller1929 gin palace1949 bumboat1972 1972 New Nation (Singapore) 18 Oct. 5/5 Overcrowded bumboats ferrying devotees from Clifford Pier to Kusu Island. 1993 National Geographic Traveler Mar. 105/1 Early next morning I set off from Clifford Pier in a chartered bumboat to Seking. 2016 Australian (Nexis) 16 Jan. (Travel section) 26 Jump on the No 2 bus to Changi Village, then catch a bumboat to the island of Pulau Ubin. 2. Australian slang. A travelling shop selling alcohol illegally, esp. to miners and other labourers in isolated camps or stations in the interior. Also: a hawker who sells illicit alcohol in this way. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1851 Bell's Life in Sydney 25 Oct. 1/1 Scarcely a station in the interior but has been visited by the ‘bum-boat’..of the Bathurst sly grog-sellers. 1869 Bushmen, Publicans & Politics 12 The principal ‘bum boats’ are small unlicensed hawkers travelling under colour of selling a few potatoes or some fruit. 1907 Sun (Kalgoorlie, W. Austral.) 1 Dec. 6/2 A member of the party pursues his staggery way to the bumboat, that the beer supply may be replenished. 1954 T. Ronan Vision Splendid 84 The crowd of racing men, station hands, bagmen and surveyors gathered around the bumboats. Compounds C1. attributive. a. Designating a person who operates or works on a bumboat, as bumboat man, bumboat people, bumboat woman, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > boatman or waterman > bumboat people bumboat1714 1714 London Gaz. No. 5245/3 John Daniel, an Alehouse-keeper and Bomb-boat Man at Woolwich. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiv. 220 He pulled out my handkerchief..and..sold it before my face to bum-boat-woman then on board, for a quart of gin. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. viii. 141 We purchased some sheets of paper from the bumboat people. 1884 Littell's Living Age 15 Mar. 700 Fruits from..the bumboat-woman at a seaport. ?1906 D. Reid Reminisc. 58 He was what was called a bum-boat man and had his cart and an immense puncheon of rum which he was selling at a good figure. 1925 E. A. Powell Beyond Utmost Purple Rim i. 17 We were surrounded by a swarm of vociferous bumboat-men, Egyptian, Arab, Syrian, Armenian, who..spread upon the deck their wares. 1970 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 17 Mar. 22/4 One of the bumboat guys tried to come aboard. 2003 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 5 May The bumboat men who have been operating from Jardine Steps—some for over 50 years. 2012 E. Major Madam Britannia ix. 309 Bumboat women were notorious for their criminal activities as smugglers and prostitutes. b. In Singapore: designating a journey or excursion taken on a bumboat (sense 1b), as bumboat cruise, bumboat ride, etc. ΚΠ 1979 Sunday Nation (Singapore) 25 Nov. 3/1 A 45-minute bumboat cruise up the Singapore River taking in the old sights. 1997 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 22 Nov. 121 For those seeking a look at restored colonial properties, a ‘bumboat’ tour of Singapore River for about $8, drifts past the best of the crop. 2016 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 29 Apr. Admission: $18 (includes shuttle bus, two-way bumboat ride, island taxi van and tour). C2. Bumboat Act n. now historical an Act of Parliament passed by the British government in 1762, designed to prevent theft by bumboats from ships in harbours and docks on the Thames.More formally known as the Thefts upon the Thames Act ( Act 2 Geo. III, c. 28). ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > commercial or revenue sizea1300 assizea1330 indiction1586 poll bill1641 frumentarian law1652 statute of the staple1657 statute of frauds1678 Gin Act1730 Pot Act1733 Stamp Act1765 Stamp-Bill1765 corn law1766 Bumboat Act1796 Maine law1852 permissive bill1864 lemon law1981 1796 Gen. Evening Post 8 Dec. By an Act of Parliament, passed some time ago, called the Bum Boat Act, a power was given to stop any boats upon the river loaded with goods of which a proper account could not be given. 1820 W. J. Broderip & P. Bingham Rep. Court Common Pleas 1 433 The vessel..was seized..under the Bum-boat act (2 Geo. III. c. 28). 1893 Rep. Supreme Court Calif. 97 328 The owner had been convicted under a statute called the Bumboat Act. 2005 Law & Hist. Rev. 23 183 The Bumboat Act, while undoubtedly intrusive, was also very localized. 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