trekschuit

trekschuit
noun /ˈtɹɛkskɔɪt/
A horse-drawn canal-boat or river-boat, used to carry goods or passengers in the Netherlands.

And thou, much plumper dame [...]: thee I call: of whom in a treckschuyte, in some Dutch canal, the fat Jufvrouw Gelt, impregnated by a jolly merchant of Amsterdam, was delivered [...].


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