Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boat of great strength, built for the heavy seas: used about the Isle of Portland.
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- noun A
traditional fishing boat of southwestEngland .
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Examples
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The trip in the stern of the lerret had quite refreshed her, with the help of the biscuits, which she had at last been able to eat.
The Trumpet-Major Thomas Hardy 1884
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It was the man who had brought Anne in his lerret from Portland Bill.
The Trumpet-Major Thomas Hardy 1884
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A lerret is going from there across the bay homeward to the harbour in the course of an hour; it belongs to a man I know, and they can take one passenger, I am sure. '
The Trumpet-Major Thomas Hardy 1884
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