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Definition of Bilander
1. n. A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland.
Definition of Bilander
1. Noun. (nautical) A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bilander
1. a small ship [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bilander
Literary usage of Bilander
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"1. A lighter. 2. A kind of schooner. 3. A Spanish pleasure-boat. [Sp. form of Eng.
bilander (jv), D, ..."
2. British Guiana Boundary: Arbitration with the United States of Venezuela by Great Britain (1898)
"At ten we met the said bilander with the two launches, all anchored in the fork
which the Orinoco makes with tin; channel of Imataca; I at once went on ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1880)
"There were three craft all of different rig: a schooner, a ketch, and the said
bilander. All were laden as heavily as speed and safety would allow, ..."
4. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1880)
"There were three craft all of different rig: a schooner, a ketch, and the said
bilander. All were laden as heavily as speed and safety would allow, ..."
5. The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia by Georgia General Assembly (1911)
"... Brig- antine, Snow, bilander or other Vessels entering the ports and Harbours
of Savannah and Sunbury previous to such Ship, Brigantine Snow, bilander, ..."
6. Life, Adventures, and Travels in California by Thomas Jefferson Farnham (1857)
"The bilander therefore goes on, though dangers beset her on every side, ...
The bilander having dropped her anchor, the Padre is earnestly solicited to go ..."
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