hoveller

English

Alternative forms

• hoveler

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒvələ(ɹ)/

Noun

hoveller (plural hovellers)

1. (UK, dialect) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
   • 1839, George Payne Rainsford James, Charles Tyrrell: Or, The Bitter Blood:

     How it was that the fishermen, and hovellers, and smugglers got an inkling of what we were about, I don't know.

2. A small boat used on the coast.

References

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