schuit

English

Alternative forms

• schuyt, skoot, skuyt

Etymology

From Dutch schuit. Compare shout (“flat-bottomed boat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /skɔɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪt

Noun

schuit (plural schuits)

1. A flat-bottomed Dutch river-boat; a barge.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     Peregrine […] next day embarked, with his companions, in the Skuyt, for Haarlem, where they dined, and in the evening arrived at the antient city of Leyden […] .

Anagrams

• tuchis

Dutch

Alternative forms

• schuyt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schute, from Old Dutch skūta. Cognate with Middle Low German schûte (“a type of boat or light ship”). Perhaps tied to Proto-Germanic *skeutaz (“quick”), thus making it related to Old Norse skúta (“a small craft or cutter”), Old Norse skjótr (“quick”), Old English sċēot (“quick, ready”), Dutch schieten (“to shoot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxœy̯t/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: schuit
• Rhymes: -œy̯t

Noun

schuit f (plural schuiten, diminutive schuitje n)

1. A boat or small ship, usually a flat-bottomed one used for inland navigation or less commonly for coastal navigation; a barge.

Derived terms

• baggerschuit
• bomschuit
• kaagschuit
• modderschuit
• roeischuit
• schuitengat
• schuitenvoerder
• schuitjevaren
• schuitvormig
• trekschuit
• turfschuit
• vissersschuit
• zuipschuit

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: skuit
• → Danish: skøjte
• → English: schuyt
• → Norwegian: skøyte

Middle English

Alternative forms

• scoute, skoute
• shoute, shute
• scut (> and = modern English)

Noun

schuit

1. A flat-bottomed boat, barge
2. The master of or other sailor on such a boat