Nautical. A small two-masted sailing vessel, used especially on canals in the Low Countries.
[Dutch billander, probably from binlander, inlander, from binnenlander : binnen, within (from Middle Dutch) + land, land.]
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Nautical. A small two-masted sailing vessel, used especially on canals in the Low Countries.
Nautical. A small two-masted sailing vessel, used especially on canals in the Low Countries.
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A Bilander, also spelled billander or be'landre, was a small European merchant ship with two masts, used in the Netherlands for coast and canal traffic and occasionally seen in the North Sea but more frequently to be seen in the Mediterranean Sea. The mainmast was lateen-rigged with a trapezoidal mainsail, but the foremast carried the conventional square course and square topsail. Displacement was typically under 100 tons. The bilander was short-lived, being replaced by more efficient designs, and few examples exist today.
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