jolly boat
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Etymology
Uncertain.
Noun
jolly boat (plural jolly boats)
- A type of ship's boat of the 17th to 19th centuries, used mainly to ferry personnel to and from the ship.
- 1696, John Houghton, Collection for Improvement of Husbandry and Trade, London, Issue 187:
- Boats for Ships. A Jolly-boat. A Long-boat. A Skiffe. A Pinnace. A Water-boat. A Yaul.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 346:
- e went down the ship's side and, seating himself in the stern sheets of the jolly-boat, took the helm, pushed off, and four young lads rowed him ashore.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 139:
- When they reached the brig, they found that the jolly-boat had been lowered and laid alongside.
- 1696, John Houghton, Collection for Improvement of Husbandry and Trade, London, Issue 187:
Descendants
- >? Gulf Arabic: جالبوت (jālbōt)