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Bumboat definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUM'BOAT, n. A small boat, for carrying provisions to a ship at a distance from shore.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably from Low German bumboot, from bum tree + boot boat Date: 1769 a boat that brings provisions and commodities for sale to larger ships in port or offshore

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bumboat Bum"boat`, n. [From bum the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or fr. D. bun a box for holding fish in a boat.] (Naut.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.