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bawley

bawley noun: a small fishing boat, equipped with sails, used mainly in the estuary of the Thames, England.

bawley: a small fishing boat, equipped with sails, used mainly in the estuary of the Thames, England
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Noun

bawley (plural bawleys)

  1. A small fishing boat, equipped with sails, used mainly in the estuary of the Thames, England.
    • 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.1891, G. A. Henty, chapter 1, in A Chapter of Adventures
    • 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.2010 June 5, Brian Jackman, “Walton Backwaters: Going with the flow in Essex”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 20 Sep 2015

Forms of bawley

pluralbawleys

Questions about bawley

What does bawley mean?
Bawley means a small fishing boat, equipped with sails, used mainly in the estuary of the Thames, England.
What part of speech is bawley?
Bawley is a noun.
What is the plural of bawley?
The plural of bawley is bawleys.

Words near bawley in the dictionary

  1. bawled off
  2. bawled one's eyes out
  3. bawled out
  4. bawler
  5. bawlers
  6. bawley
  7. bawleys
  8. bawlies
  9. bawlin'
  10. bawling
  11. bawling off

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