balandra

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   historical: a small one-masted sailing vessel used especially in Spanish-speaking regions

   The travelers returned downriver in a balandra carrying cargo and passengers.

Borrowed from Spanish balandra, from French belandre, ultimately from Dutch bijlander, a type of coastal cargo vessel. In River Plate usage the name was applied broadly to small one-masted sailing craft.

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