dinghy

Etymology

From Bengali ডিঙি (ḍiṅi), probably from Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa), wooden vessel.

noun

1. (nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
   The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green. 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick
2. (nautical) A sailing dinghy.
3. (nautical) An inflatable rubber life raft.

verb

1. (intransitive) To travel by dinghy.