belandre means A small flat-bottomed craft, used principally on the rivers, canals, and roadsteads of France.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, belandre ranks #1,471 of 42,762 for Qualifying.
Etymology
Borrowed from French belandre, from Dutch bijlander (whence also English bilander), equivalent to by- + lander.
noun
- A small flat-bottomed craft, used principally on the rivers, canals, and roadsteads of France.
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Words closest in meaning
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- bateau 69% match — A small, flat-bottomed type of boat. vs belandre →
- bilander 67% match — A small two-masted merchant vessel, used near the coast or in canals, mostly in the Netherlands. vs belandre →
- flyboat 62% match — A large flat-bottomed coasting vessel, formerly found in Holland, Spain and Portugal. vs belandre →
- balinger 60% match — A small medieval sea-going ship with oars and sails. vs belandre →
- gundalow 59% match — A flat-bottomed cargo vessel once common in Maine and New England rivers. vs belandre →
- balandra 59% match — A sailboat with a single mast. vs belandre →
- barquette 58% match — A kind of small sailboat. vs belandre →
- belyana 57% match — A type of large disposable ship that was used for timber-rafting along the rivers Volga and Kama from the end of the 16th century until the middle of the 20th century. vs belandre →