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doryman
DCHP-2 (Oct 2016)
n. — dated, Fishing
a person who fishes from a dory, which is a flat-bottomed fishing boat (see Image 1).
Type: 5. Frequency — The term dory is used in North America and the West Indies and is known from 1726, according to the OED. While the term is used elsewhere, it has a high frequency in Canada (see Chart 1).
See also COD-2, s.v. "doryman", which is marked "Cdn", and OED-3, s.v. "dory-man", W-3, s.v. "doryman".
See also COD-2, s.v. "doryman", which is marked "Cdn", and OED-3, s.v. "dory-man", W-3, s.v. "doryman".
Quotations
1909
A doryman, whittling from a huge plug of tobacco, was sitting near on a spile end. Noting the skipper's eager scrutiny of the distant sail, he volunteered: "Prob'ly that ain't northin' you're wantin'. She's only a hay coaster that I carried her skipper off to a little while ago."
1937
Doryman Drowns in Raging Gale; Valiant Seamen Save His Mate
1959
Born in Fortune Bay he spent the greater part of his life at the bank fishery rising from doryman to captain.
1968
For instance every evening I have the opportunity of listening to the Homeric epic tales of grandpa's days as a doryman at the Battery in the better days. In the nineteen sixties before he was forced to take dole because of a ruptured jigging hand [...]
1983
The doryman, Fred More, should know. At the age of 15, he first shipped out for a summer on the Grand Banks with the fishing fleet and for 40 summers thereafter.
1991
When modern technology started taking over the fishing industry the dorymen resisted, proud of their heritage and of the community they'd forged.
References
- OED-3 • "dory" (n.3)
- W-3
- COD-2
Images
Image 1: Dories, stacked on one another, in Lunenburg, NS. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Photo: InAweofGod'sCreation
