Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A small coasting vessel used in South America.
Examples
“I had intended to push my excursion farther, but not being quite well, I was compelled to return by a balandra, or one-masted vessel of about a hundred tons 'burden, which was bound to Buenos Ayres.”
“I had intended to push my excursion further, but not being quite well, I was compelled to return by a balandra, or one-masted vessel of about a hundred tons burden, which was bound to Buenos Ayres.”
“Niebes en una balandra, otras como diez y ocho de ellos a londres en el navio cuyo Capitan se llamaba Portin, otros ocho que erran los principales se uieron en el Navio llamado la _Comadressa Blanca_ o cui”
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents
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