spudgel †

[< Brit.dial.]

Nfld

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a small bucket affixed to the end of a staff, for bailing boats.

Quotations

1775

The boat proved so leaky, that the spudgel was scarce ever out of hand.

1937

The engine did not require a water intake, but pumped the water out of the boat, which with the help of a spudgel kept the level sufficiently low.