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schuit

/skɔɪt/

schuit noun: a flat-bottomed Dutch river-boat; a barge.

Noun

schuit (plural schuits)

  1. A flat-bottomed Dutch river-boat; a barge.
    • Peregrine […] next day embarked, with his companions, in the Skuyt, for Haarlem, where they dined, and in the evening arrived at the antient city of Leyden […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Forms of schuit

pluralschuits
alternative formschuyt
alternative formskoot
alternative formskuyt

Origin of schuit

From Dutch schuit. Compare shout ("flat-bottomed boat"), scout (“swift sailing boat”).

Words that rhyme with schuit

Questions about schuit

What does schuit mean?
Schuit means a flat-bottomed Dutch river-boat; a barge.
What part of speech is schuit?
Schuit is a noun.
How do you pronounce schuit?
Schuit is pronounced /skɔɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of schuit?
The plural of schuit is schuits.

Words near schuit in the dictionary

  1. schuhplattlered
  2. schuhplattlering
  3. schuhplattlers
  4. schuhplattles
  5. schuhplattling
  6. schuit
  7. schuits
  8. Schuko
  9. schul
  10. Schulberg
  11. Schulbergs

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