bulljowler

bulljowler means A partitioned section in the hold of a traditional fishing boat that is used to store and manage heavy fishing nets, lines, and related gear.

Etymology

A contributor to a 1912 volume of the Mariner's Mirror nautical journal wrote the following of the term's etymology: :: "This is the name given by Mounts Bay fishermen, to a space in their big boats allotted to the “foot-rope.” At Saint Ives the same thing is called the bulljowder. Some of the men believe this to be a word imported from the East Coast; others say it is old Cornish; and one man assured me that at an auction sale in Lowestoft, he heard the bulljowler described as a mallygog. In a collection of fishing terms made at Mousehole some forty years since, the word appears as bow-jowler, but this does not agree with the present pronunciation. Is it known elsewhere? — R. M. N." :::: — 1912. "Queries: Bulljowler". The Mariner's Mirror v. II. p. 424. A contributor to a 1913 volume of t

noun

A partitioned section in the hold of a traditional fishing boat that is used to store and manage heavy fishing nets, lines, and related gear.

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Words closest in meaning

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bultow 58% match — A trawl; a boulter. vs bulljowler →
bullpout 56% match — Any of various bullheads (fish). vs bulljowler →
bowpicker 56% match — A gillnet boat that deploys the net from the bow of the boat. vs bulljowler →
bullpen 55% match — An enclosed area used to hold bulls. vs bulljowler →
bowjy 54% match — A shed for cattle or sheep. vs bulljowler →
thurrock 54% match — The hold of a ship; also, the bilge. vs bulljowler →
boskin 53% match — a partition in a cowshed to separate cattle vs bulljowler →
hullock 53% match — A small part of a sail lowered in a gale to keep the ship’s head to the sea. vs bulljowler →