English

Alternative forms

• trackscout
• treckschuyt

Noun

trekschuit ‎(plural trekschuits)

1. A horse-drawn canal boat or riverboat, used to carry goods or passengers in the Netherlands.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 469:

     And thou, much plumper dame [...]: thee I call: of whom in a treckschuyte, in some Dutch canal, the fat Jufvrouw Gelt, impregnated by a jolly merchant of Amsterdam, was delivered [...].

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛk.sxœy̯t/
• Hyphenation: trek‧schuit

Etymology

From trekken ‎(“to pull”) +‎ schuit ‎(“boat”)

Noun

trekschuit f, m ‎(plural trekschuiten, diminutive trekschuitje n)

1. trekschuit: a historical passenger canal tugboat

See also

• trekvaart