trekschuit

English

Alternative forms

• trackschuyt, trackscout, treckschuyt, treckskuyt

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch trekschuit, from trekken (“pull”) + schuit (“boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛkskɔɪt/

Noun

trekschuit (plural trekschuits)

1. A horse-drawn canal boat or riverboat, used to carry goods or passengers in the Netherlands.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 469:

     And thou, much plumper dame [...]: thee I call: of whom in a treckschuyte, in some Dutch canal, the fat Jufvrouw Gelt, impregnated by a jolly merchant of Amsterdam, was delivered [...].

   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     [H]e ordered his servants to pack up some cloaths and linnen in a portmanteau; and in the morning embarked, with his governor, in the Treckskuyt, for the Hague […] .

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• treckschuit (obsolete)
• treckschuyt (obsolete)
• trekschuyt (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in the 17th century. From trekken (“to pull”) +‎ schuit (“boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛk.sxœy̯t/

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• Hyphenation: trek‧schuit

Noun

trekschuit f or m (plural trekschuiten, diminutive trekschuitje n)

1. trekschuit: a historical canal horse-drawn boat transporting passengers and goods.

See also

• trekvaart