big skiff

skiff n At the beginning "barques" were used (the barque is about twelve or fourteen feet in the keel and carried a two man crew). Around 1890 however the fishery underwent a slump and it became in- creasingly difficult to obtain fish close to home. This caused a change in the boat type an...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59268
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/59268 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 big skiff 1972/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59268 eng eng S John Dollimount, 68-3Ms-Folder 1 Francois References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16911 S_16911_skiff n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59268 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z skiff n At the beginning "barques" were used (the barque is about twelve or fourteen feet in the keel and carried a two man crew). Around 1890 however the fishery underwent a slump and it became in- creasingly difficult to obtain fish close to home. This caused a change in the boat type and the barque gave way to the 'big skiff' (about twenty feet in the keel and carried a four man crew). DNE-cit JH 7/72 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I BAITSKIFF,BOAT,ICE SKIFF,TRAP�: ~ SKIFF,skiff collar, skiff(s) crew, skiff-load, skiff-oar, skiffsail. The source is listed as M 68-3 in DNE with only part of the citation on card is listed in DNE. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
big skiff
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description skiff n At the beginning "barques" were used (the barque is about twelve or fourteen feet in the keel and carried a two man crew). Around 1890 however the fishery underwent a slump and it became in- creasingly difficult to obtain fish close to home. This caused a change in the boat type and the barque gave way to the 'big skiff' (about twenty feet in the keel and carried a four man crew). DNE-cit JH 7/72 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I BAITSKIFF,BOAT,ICE SKIFF,TRAP�: ~ SKIFF,skiff collar, skiff(s) crew, skiff-load, skiff-oar, skiffsail. The source is listed as M 68-3 in DNE with only part of the citation on card is listed in DNE.
format Manuscript
title big skiff
title_short big skiff
title_full big skiff
title_fullStr big skiff
title_full_unstemmed big skiff
title_sort big skiff
publishDate 1972
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/59268
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation S
John Dollimount, 68-3Ms-Folder 1
Francois
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16911
S_16911_skiff n
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