Bumboat

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bumboat \Bum"boat`\, n. [From bum the buttocks, on account of
     its clumsy form; or fr. D. bun a box for holding fish in a
     boat.] (Naut.)
     A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc.,
     for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bumboat
       n : a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale
           to a larger ship at anchor