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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]

Merriam Webster's

or chanty or shanty noun (plural chanteys or chanties or shanties) Etymology: modification of French chanter Date: 1856 a song sung by sailors in rhythm with their work

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chantey Chant"ey, n. [Cf. F. chanter to sing, and Chant. n.] A sailor's song. May we lift a deep-sea chantey such as seamen use at sea? --Kipling.