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Definition of Hoveller
1. Noun. (UK dialect) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hoveller
1. a small coasting-vessel [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoveller
Literary usage of Hoveller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1823)
"... swept for, or taken possession of by any such boatman, pilot, hoveller, or
other person, shall send a report in writing of the articles so found, ..."
2. Idylls of the Sea: And Other Marine Sketches by Frank Thomas Bullen (1904)
"Never mind, sir," said the hoveller, " you make my money thirteen pound for the
whole job, and if you have to wait in the Downs for your pilot, ..."
3. Idylls of the Sea by Frank Thomas Bullen (1899)
"The hoveller can hardly be blamed if he take full advantage of the foulness of
the weather to drive as hard a bargain as he can with the skipper of a ..."
4. Our Sea-coast Heroes, Or, Stories of Wreck and of Rescue by the Lifeboat and by Achilles Daunt (1887)
"A job on the Sands " is bread and butter to the hoveller; and his prayer would
most likely echo that of the old clergyman of the Isles, who begged that if ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, Court of Exchequer Chamber, William Newland Welsby, Great Britain, John Innes Clark Hare, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Court of Exchequer, Horace Binney Wallace (1838)
"... pilot, hoveller, or other person, shall send a report in writing of the articles
so found, and stating the marks, if any, thereon, and also an accurate ..."
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