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Definition of Schuyt
1. Noun. (nautical) a Dutch flat-bottomed sailboat, broad in the beam, with square stern; usually equipped with leeboards to serve for a keel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Schuyt
1. a Dutch boat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schuyt
Literary usage of Schuyt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Note Book by John MacGregor (1835)
"THE TRECK - schuyt. A TRECK - schuyt, which leaves Leyden for Haarlem early every
morning, induced us to take a passage by this mode of conveyance. ..."
2. The Private Journal of Aaron Burr, During His Residence of Four Years in by Aaron Burr (1838)
"In the common cabin of the packet-boat and of the tracht- schuyt, you always find
two articles of furniture to us unknown—a feer potche and a speere potche. ..."
3. The Metropolitan (1835)
"During our passage in the track-schuyt I had an evidence to the contrary, for as
we glided noiselessly and almost imperceptibly along, a lady told me that ..."
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