Bumboat Definition
bŭmbōt
noun
A small boat used in a port or anchorage to peddle goods to ships' crews.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Bumboat
Noun
Singular:
bumboatPlural:
bumboatsOrigin of Bumboat
Probably partial translation of Low German bumboot ship's boat partial translation of Dutch dialectal bomschuit small fishing boat bom ship's bottom (from Dutch bodem) (from Middle Dutch) schuit ship
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Dutch bomschuit (“small fishing boat”) + boat.
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