boatie

noun
/ˈbəʊti/

Etymology

From boat + -ie.

  1. derived from *bʰeyd- — “to break, split
  2. inherited from *baitaz
  3. inherited from *bait
  4. inherited from bāt — “boat
  5. inherited from bot
  6. suffixed as boatie — “boat + ie

Definitions

  1. A boater (someone who travels by boat)

  2. A boat.

    • Furl your sail, my little boatie; Here's the harbor, still and deep, Where the dreaming tides, in-streaming, Up the channel creep.

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