bun

[< Cdn F bonne]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a sturdy flat-bottomed boat about 20 ft. long, pointed fore and aft and having a shallow draft, specially designed for use in river drives.

See: pointer(def. 1),bonne

Quotations

1960

They put the rope on a "bun" (a small rowboat) in an effort to get the rope to Talisman so they could haul her back, but the bun fouled on the rocks.