資料來源 : pyDict
小舟擺渡船,單人乘的小舟,平底貨船用駁船運
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wherry \Wher"ry\, n.; pl. {Wherries}. [Cf. Icel. hverfr shifty,
crank, hverfa to turn, E. whirl, wharf.] (Naut.)
(a) A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a
kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing. [Eng.]
(b) A long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast
rowing or sailing; esp., a racing boat rowed by one
person with sculls.
Wherry \Wher"ry\, n. [Cf. W. chwerw bitter.]
A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice
is expressed; -- sometimes called {crab wherry}. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
資料來源 : WordNet®
wherry
n 1: sailing barge used especially in East Anglia [syn: {Norfolk
wherry}]
2: light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods
and passengers in inland waters and harbors