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noun
A large flat-bottomed coasting vessel, formerly found in Holland, Spain and Portugal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A kind of (often horse-drawn) passenger boat formerly used on canals. Faster than other types of canal boats at the time, the horses would run along the towpath
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, historical
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History
Borrowed from Dutch vlieboot, but re-analysed as fly + boat.
