The Collaborative International Dictionary
hoveller
Hoveler \Hov"el*er\, n.
One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a
coast boatman. [Written also hoveller.] [Prov. Eng.]
--G.
P. R. James.
Wiktionary
hoveller
alt. (context UK dialect English) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman. n. (context UK dialect English) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
Usage examples of "hoveller".
He joined them on the shingle, where they were bargaining for a hoveller, and in ten minutes he was back in the pharmaceutical-bilgewater-damp-book smell of his own cabin.
Merchantmen were coming in for the London river, four sail of Guineamen, and a brig of war for Chatham, apart from the usual hovellers and peterboats: how flabby and loose they looked, by comparison.