Definitions
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- noun Scot. A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation.
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- noun Scotland A
lighter , orvessel forinland navigation .
Etymologies
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Compare French gabare, Armenian kobar, gobar.
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Examples
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When I set foot, twelve years before this night I speak of, on the gabert that carried me down to Dunbarton on my way to the Humanities classes, I could have sworn I was leaving
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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This too precious, an Italian corporation demanding cost cutting. nelson gabert from United States Outlying writes: anonymous in Ont from Canada writes: Foxrun x from Oakville, Canada writes: Hey anonymous, CAW do not get sick days off Foxrun x from Oakville, Canada writes: Fiat acting like an efficient cost cutter,
hernesheir commented on the word gabert
"The freight from Glasgow is generally between 2s. and 2s. 6d. the single cart, but those that take a great cargo (of coals) and employ gaberts, get them a little cheaper." --P. Kilfinan. Argylshire. Statist. Acc. xiv, p. 256. Cited in Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
May 18, 2011