n. Nautical A small two-masted sailing vessel of the 1600s and 1700s, used especially on canals in the Low Countries. [Dutch billander, probably from binlander, inlander, from binnenlander : binnen, within (from Middle Dutch; see en in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + land, land; see lendh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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