trekschuit

Here are the clumsy leather-topped coach with its masked occupant and stumbling horses; the towed _trekschuit_, with its merry freight, sliding swiftly through the low-lying landscape; the windy mole, stretching seaward, with its blown and flaring beacon-fire.

A Wanderer in Holland 1903

Katharine and her father, Colonel Easton, were floating along a canal just out of Amsterdam, in a _trekschuit_, or small passenger-boat, on their way to the home of one of Marie's sisters, two of whom were married and settled near one of the dikes of Holland.

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I was the only passenger, and did not have to wait long; the boatman made a sign, the tow-boy mounted his horse, and the _trekschuit_ began to glide gently down the canal.

Holland, v. 1 (of 2) Edmondo De Amicis 1877

After we passed this point the _trekschuit_ began to stop, first at a house, then at a garden-gate, to receive parcels, letters, and verbal messages to be carried to the Hague.

Holland, v. 1 (of 2) Edmondo De Amicis 1877

Esquiros defined it as "the genius of ancient Holland floating on the waters;" and, in fact, any one who has not travelled in a _trekschuit_ is not acquainted with Dutch life under its most original and poetic aspect.

Holland, v. 1 (of 2) Edmondo De Amicis 1877

Yet the Dutch language lends itself to puns: in proof of this there is the incident of a pretty foreign lady who asked a young boatman of the _trekschuit_ for a cushion, and not pronouncing the word well, instead of cushion said kiss, which in Dutch sounds almost the same; and she scarcely had time to explain the mistake, for the boatman had already wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

Holland, v. 1 (of 2) Edmondo De Amicis 1877

Suddenly the _trekschuit_ emerged from the trees, and I saw before me an extended plain, a large woodland, and a city crowned with towers and windmills.

Holland, v. 1 (of 2) Edmondo De Amicis 1877

It was pleasant to see the rapidity with which the man on horseback and another man, who was always on guard, handled the cords to let the _trekschuit_ pass, and how the two conductors made room for each other when two _trekschuiten_ met, the one passing his rope under that of the other without speaking a word, without greeting each other even with a smile, as if gravity and silence were obligatory.

Holland, v. 1 (of 2) Edmondo De Amicis 1877

When the tow-boy of the approaching boat reached a certain point, he stopped his team, and the _trekschuit_ horses passed over it, as the rope slacked.

Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim Oliver Optic 1859

From this point the tourists were conveyed by the steamer to Waterland, from which they were to proceed by _trekschuit_ to Broek.

Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim Oliver Optic 1859