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dogger
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The dogger was a form of fishing boat , described as early as the 14th century , that commonly operated in the North Sea . Originally single masted, in the seventeenth century, doggers were used with two masts. They were largely used for fishing for cod ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"two-masted fishing boat," used in North Sea fishery, mid-14c., which is of unknown origin. It likely is the source of the name Dogger Bank (1660s) for the great banks of shoals in the North Sea.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dogger \Dog"ger\, n. [D., fr. dogger codfish, orig. used in the catching of codfish.] (Naut.) A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch. 2 A participant in dogging 3 A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
Usage examples of dogger.
London river, and Dutchmen from across the way with their leeboards and fat arses, doggers, schuyts, and busses.
He was a veteran of the battles of Heligoland, Dogger Bank, and Jutland, and a recipient of the Grand Cross, the Order of Orange-Nassau of Holland, and the Russian Order of St.