[buhm-boht] 
| a boat used in peddling provisions and small wares among vessels lying in port or offshore. |
| bum·boat (bŭm'bōt') n. A small boat used to peddle provisions to ships anchored offshore. [Probably partial translation of Low German bumboot, ship's boat, partial translation of Dutch dialectal bomschuit, small fishing boat : bom, ship's bottom (from Dutch bodem, from Middle Dutch) + schuit, ship.] |