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Definition of Gabbart
1. Noun. (nautical) A lighter or barge. A small one-masted sailing or coasting vessel designed for inland navigation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gabbart
1. gabbard [n -S] - See also: gabbard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabbart
Literary usage of Gabbart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"... gabbart ... The l'i ia really an old way of writing 66 ; and the true form of
the word is gabbart. ..."
2. Kentucky Opinions by Kentucky Court of Appeals, John Morgan Chinn, J. K. Roberts, Charles Middleton McDonald, Daniel Woolsey Crockett, Kentucky law reporter (1912)
"... to set aside the deed executed to them by gabbart, and to subject to the
satisfaction of the judgment upon which Sims and ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"I swung and bobbit yonder as safe as a gabbart that's moored by a three-ply cable
at tho Broomielaw. ..."
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