schooner n Comb ~ box: home-made wooden chest used by fishermen for personal effects at the 'Bank' fishery; cp LABRADOR BOX.
1983 PEDDLE 96 Blanket boxes with attached handles to make them portable were referred to by different names depending upon where they were used. For example...those used on banking schooners by Newfoundlanders fishing for cod on the Grand Banks were called schooner boxes.
