Definition of hoy Hoy
/hɔjˈ/ - [hoy] - hoy
We found 10 definitions of hoy from 7 different sources.
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| hoy - a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) | ||
| barge, flatboat, lighter | ||
| boat a small vessel for travel on water | ||
| dredger a barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging | ||
| houseboat a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling | ||
| pontoon a float supporting a seaplane | ||
| scow a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hoy (n.)
A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods from place to place, or as a tender to larger vessels in port. - hoy (interj.)
Ho! Halloe! Stop!
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hoy
hoi, n. a large one-decked boat, commonly rigged as a sloop. [Dut. heu, Flem. hui.] -
hoy
hoi, interj. ho! stop!—v.t. to incite, drive on. [Imit.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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hoy
a small vessel, chiefly used in coasting, or carrying goods to or from a ship, in a road or bay, where the ordinary lighters cannot be managed with safety or convenience.It would be very difficult to describe, precisely, the marks of distinction between this vessel and some others of the same size, which are also rigged in the same manner; because what is called a hoy in one place, would assume the name of a sloop or smack in another: and even the people, who navigate these vessels, have, upon examination, very vague ideas of the marks by which they are distinguished from those above mentioned. In Holland, the hoy has two masts; in England it has but one, where the main-sail is sometimes extended by a boom, and sometimes without it. Upon the whole, it may be defined a small vessel, usually rigged as a sloop, and employed for carrying passengers and luggage from one place to another, particularly on the sea-coast.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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hoy
A call to a man. Also, a small vessel, usually rigged as a sloop, and employed in carrying passengers and goods, particularly in short distances on the sea-coast; it acquired its name from stopping when called to from the shore, to take up goods or passengers. In Holland the hoy has two masts, in England but one, where the main-sail is sometimes extended by a boom, and sometimes without it. In the naval service there are gun-hoy, powder-hoy, provision-hoy, anchor-hoy, all rigged sloop-fashion.
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🔤- hoy, noun, singular of hoys.
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