gabert

English

Etymology

Compare French gabare, Breton kobar, gobar.

Noun

gabert (plural gaberts)

1. (Scotland) A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation.
   • 1793, anonymous author, Buckinghamshire Herald:

     In a block or pully, near the head of the mast of a gabert, now lying at the Broomielaw, there is chaffinch's nest

References

• “gabert”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.