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narrowboat

noun

Etymology

From narrow + boat.

  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. compounded as narrowboat — “narrow + boat”

Definitions

  1. A barge used on the narrow canals of England.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA