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plural dinghies
(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship. quotations examples
The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick
(nautical) A sailing dinghy. examples
(nautical) An inflatable rubber life raft. examples
third-person singular simple present dinghies, present participle dinghying, simple past and past participle dinghied
(intransitive) To travel by dinghy. examples