budgerow
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbədʒəˌroʊ/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈbədʒəroː/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌdʒərəʊ/
Noun
budgerow (plural budgerows)
- (India, chiefly historical) A kind of large river barge. [1727]
- 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 218:
- In a short time after a budgerow lay beside the vessel, and notice was given that it came to convey about fifteen passengers on shore.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 39:
- A double-masted houseboat of capacious dimensions, the budgerow’s hull was painted blue and grey, to match the Raskhali estate's livery […]
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References
- “budgerow, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.