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Webster 1913 Edition

Bilander

Bil′an-der

,
Noun.
[D.
bijlander
;
bij
by +
land
land, country.]
(Naut.)
A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland.
Why choose we, then, like
bilanders
to creep
Along the coast, and land in view to keep?
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bilander

BI'LANDER

,
Noun.
A small merchant vessel with two masts, distinguished from other vessels of two masts, by the form of the main-sail, which is bent to the whole length of a yard, hanging fore and aft, and inclined to the horizon in an angle of about 45 degrees; the foremost lower corner, called the tack, being secured to a ring-bolt in the deck, and the aftermost or sheet, to the tafferel. Few vessels are now rigged in this manner.
The bilander is a kind of hoy, manageable by four or five men and used chiefly in the canals of the Low Countries.

Definition 2024

bilander

bilander

English

Noun

bilander ‎(plural bilanders)

  1. (nautical, historical) A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland.
    • John Dryden
      Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep / Along the coast, and land in view to keep?

Etymology

From Dutch bijlander, equivalent to by- +‎ lander. See also belandre.

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