budgerows

Here and there were sampans and _budgerows_, some loaded with merchandise, and others with passengers, their light sails spread and pennons gayly flaunting in the breeze, while men, women and children, bathing and swimming in the smooth waters, sported like fish in their native element, and never dreamed of the possibility of danger.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 Various

Native boats laden with produce and wood continue to ply, but the budgerows and pinnaces, which Europeans could hire, have almost entirely disappeared.

Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 James Kennedy 1857

There were budgerows, vessels with two tolerably sized rooms, available for hire at a moderate charge.

Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 James Kennedy 1857

"Have Pen's immortal productions made their appearance on board Bengalee budgerows; and are their leaves floating on the yellow banks of Jumna?" asks Warrington, that sceptic, who respects no work of modern genius.

The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

“Have Pen’s immortal productions made their appearance on board Bengalee budgerows; and are their leaves floating on the yellow banks of Jumna?” asks Warrington, that sceptic, who respects no work of modern genius.

The Newcomes 2006