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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Flemish sloop with a raised work or castle at each end.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Naut.) A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun nautical A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.

Etymologies

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Dutch boeijer, so called because these vessels were employed for laying the boeijen, or buoys: compare French boyer.

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