Schuyt definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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During our passage in the track-schuyt I had an evidence to the contrary, for as we glided noiselessly and almost imperceptibly along, a lady told me that she infinitely preferred the three-horse power of the schuyt to the hundred-horse power of the steam-packet.

—Olla Podrida

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During our passage in the track-schuyt I had an evidence to the contrary, for as we glided noiselessly and almost imperceptibly along, a lady told me that she infinitely preferred the three-horse power of the schuyt to the hundred-horse power of the steam-packet. — Olla Podrida
He landed at Ostend, and the next day found himself in the track-schuyt that is towed by horses, from Bruges to Ghent. — Olla Podrida
He's built like a Dutch schuyt, great breadth of beam, and very square tuck. — Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
He landed at Ostend, and the next day found himself in the track-schuyt that is towed by horses, from Bruges to — Olla Podrida
Dutch schuyt, great breadth of beam, and very square tuck. — Peter Simple