dory.
A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
Meaning & usage
A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
Where this word comes from
Attested in American English from 1709 C.E.; possibly derived from an indigenous language of the West Indies or Central America, perhaps Miskito.
Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dorry, from Old French doree, past participle of dorer (“to gild”), from Latin deauratus.
Of a bright yellow or golden color.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dorry, from Old French doree, past participle of dorer (“to gild”), from Latin deauratus.
A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *dóru Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru).
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