Add to ORKGgigA gig they used to call _ a four _ a seven-oared gig; that was a seven-oared gig.... Six people, there's (captain) - seven all told, an' there's six rowin' an' on man steerin'.Yes(boat with six oarsmen ? The description here is of a spectral craft so the name could be attributive - derived from the cart of the same name ????)JUL 1973 J. D. A. WIDDOWSONJUL 1973Used I and SupUsed I and SupWithdrawnTyped. Head and form used, but not in this sense
stage head nWe had our eight crews on board, and everything done but taking in the stage-heads and...
western aAn' we used to take our fish in boat, sir, here, small boat. I had one o' them small weste...
fore- prefixOh, there was the _ there's three head sails,an' then there was the foresail,an' the m...
seven-oared gigA gig they used to call _ a four _ a seven-oared gig; that was a seven-oared gig.......
gigMy place is in the gig - a light boat adapted for river navigation.PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN...
seven-oared gig- - used to carry ship's captain. Surely 'gig' is t...
driver nFishing boats,well,we used to build them,you know,skiffs we call 'em, you know; in fact it...
four- prefix. . . I went with Mr. Mountain in a four-oared boat to Jersey Harbour.W. J. KIRWIN ...
sculling vbl nThe crew [of a skiff] typically numbered seven men, six at the oars and one 'aft' on ...
gigcarriage OED (1791-) boat OED (1790-) _Cent_ etcwithd? [check]Used I and SupUsed I and SupWit...
fore- prefixA crew for such boats would normally be five men. The skipper stood on the forecuddy to...
four riggerThey took 'em aboard this big fore an' aft...four rigger, square rigger she was, yards o...
punt n. . . one mast, a low, snug mainsail, jib and driver at the stern, though occasionally two ma...
raft 1 vFrom this boom the logs were rafted (raft means to tie logs side by side) and towed ....
punt n...they called them punts. These would be about sixteen or eighteen feet long: two-men boats...
stage head nWe had our eight crews on board, and everything done but taking in the stage-heads and...
western aAn' we used to take our fish in boat, sir, here, small boat. I had one o' them small weste...
fore- prefixOh, there was the _ there's three head sails,an' then there was the foresail,an' the m...
seven-oared gigA gig they used to call _ a four _ a seven-oared gig; that was a seven-oared gig.......
gigMy place is in the gig - a light boat adapted for river navigation.PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN...
seven-oared gig- - used to carry ship's captain. Surely 'gig' is t...
driver nFishing boats,well,we used to build them,you know,skiffs we call 'em, you know; in fact it...
four- prefix. . . I went with Mr. Mountain in a four-oared boat to Jersey Harbour.W. J. KIRWIN ...
sculling vbl nThe crew [of a skiff] typically numbered seven men, six at the oars and one 'aft' on ...
gigcarriage OED (1791-) boat OED (1790-) _Cent_ etcwithd? [check]Used I and SupUsed I and SupWit...
fore- prefixA crew for such boats would normally be five men. The skipper stood on the forecuddy to...
four riggerThey took 'em aboard this big fore an' aft...four rigger, square rigger she was, yards o...
punt n. . . one mast, a low, snug mainsail, jib and driver at the stern, though occasionally two ma...
raft 1 vFrom this boom the logs were rafted (raft means to tie logs side by side) and towed ....
punt n...they called them punts. These would be about sixteen or eighteen feet long: two-men boats...
stage head nWe had our eight crews on board, and everything done but taking in the stage-heads and...
western aAn' we used to take our fish in boat, sir, here, small boat. I had one o' them small weste...
fore- prefixOh, there was the _ there's three head sails,an' then there was the foresail,an' the m...