hoveller

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/ˈhɒvələ(ɹ)/

noun

One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.

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Meanings

nounhoveller (plural hovellers)

plural hovellers · alternative hoveler

  1. UKdialectalOne who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.

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

    1839, George Payne Rainsford James, Charles Tyrrell: Or, The Bitter Blood
  2. A small boat used on the coast.
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