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.

The neighborhood

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