(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:13:27

Boy"er (?), n. [D. boeijer; -- so called because these vessels were employed for laying the boeijen, or buoys: cf. F. boyer. See Buoy.] Naut.

A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.

Sir W. Raleigh.

 

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