bulljowler
bulljowler noun: a partitioned section in the hold of a traditional fishing boat that is used to store and manage heavy fishing nets, lines, and related gear.
Noun
bulljowler (plural bulljowlers)
- A partitioned section in the hold of a traditional fishing boat that is used to store and manage heavy fishing nets, lines, and related gear.
- The back rope was hauled over a roller, which fitted over the stem post, or in later years over the starboard bow. This was a simple pulley wheel, which revolved in the end of a stout piece of wood. There were local names for this rope roller; it was called the bulljowler in St Ives and the...2014, McWilliams, John, The Cornish Fishing Industry
Forms of bulljowler
| plural | bulljowlers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bowjowler |
Origin of bulljowler
A contributor to a 1912 volume of the Mariner's Mirror nautical journal wrote the following of the term's etymology: :: "This is the name given by Mounts Bay fishermen, to a space in their big boats allotted to the “foot-rope.” At Saint Ives the same thing is called the bulljowder. Some of the men believe this to be a word imported from the East Coast; others say it is old Cornish; and one man assured me that at an auction sale in Lowestoft, he heard the bulljowler described as a mallygog. In a collection of fishing terms made at Mousehole some forty years since, the word appears as bow-jowler, but this does not agree with the present pronunciation. Is it known elsewhere? — R. M. N." :::: — 1912. "Queries: Bulljowler". The Mariner's Mirror v. II. p. 424. A contributor to a 1913 volume of the Mariner's Mirror nautical journal wrote the following of the term's etymology: :: "The variants of this queer, and to me unknown, terms are bulljowler, bulljowder, and bowjowler. It seems fairly obvious that the first syllable represents the bilge, of which both bulge and bowge are variants not long obsolete. Thus the word becomes bulge-owler or bulge-owder. What the last half of it may imply...
Questions about bulljowler
- What does bulljowler mean?
- Bulljowler means a partitioned section in the hold of a traditional fishing boat that is used to store and manage heavy fishing nets, lines, and related gear.
- What part of speech is bulljowler?
- Bulljowler is a noun.
- What is the plural of bulljowler?
- The plural of bulljowler is bulljowlers.
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