Chantey

2 definitions found

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

  Chantey \Chant"ey\, n. [Cf. F. chanter to sing, and {Chant}. n.]
     A sailor's song.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           May we lift a deep-sea chantey such as seamen use at
           sea?                                     --Kipling.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chantey
       n : a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn: {chanty},
            {sea chantey}, {shanty}]