English

Alternative forms

• trackschuyt
• treckschuyt
• trekschuit

Noun

trackscout ‎(plural trackscouts)

1. Alternative form of trekschuit A small shallow-water boat for ferrying goods or passengers on a canal, river, or coastal waters.

   • 1914, John Bach McMaser, History of the People of the US, Reprint edition, Cosimo, published 2006, ISBN 781596052338, page 586:

     … and send in plans for four track-scouts … In these, they could coast from New Hampshire to Georgia … An occasional squall might now and then sink the trackscouts. … The trackscout business would soon become …

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