bilander

bilander
bil·an·der (bĭlʹən-dər, bīʹlən-) n.
Nautical. A small two-masted sailing vessel, used especially on canals in the Low Countries.
  [Dutch billander, probably from binlander, inlander, from binnenlander: binnen, within (from Middle Dutch. See en + land, land; See lendh-.

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