Dictionary entry

Bilander

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bil″an‐der (�), n. [D. bijlander; bij by + land land, country.] (Naut.) A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland.

Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep

Along the coast, and land in view to keep?

Dryden.