boatie

English

Etymology

From boat +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊti/

Noun

boatie (plural boaties)

1. A boater (someone who travels by boat)
2. (childish, or endearing) A boat.
   • 1899, Henry Van Dyke, For the Fisherman's Child:

     Furl your sail, my little boatie;
     Here's the harbor, still and deep,
     Where the dreaming tides, in-streaming,
     Up the channel creep.

Anagrams

• Beotia, Iotabe