Bawley
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bawley is a noun meaning (nautical) A small fishing boat, equipped with sails, used mainly in the estuary of the Thames, England.
Meaning
(nautical) A small fishing boat, equipped with sails, used mainly in the estuary of the Thames, England.
Example Sentences
What a sight it must have been a century ago when Harwich Quay was lined with bawleys—east coast sailing craft designed for catching shrimps and whitebait.
It is ten o'clock in the day; the bawleys have returned from the fishing grounds, and scores of them have anchored in the Ray—a deep stretch of water lying between the spit of sand that extends from the end of Canvey Island close up to Southend Pier, and the mud-flats of Leigh.
Word Forms
- bawleys
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bawly, whelker, balinger, bumboat, coble, foyboat.
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