shalloway n For a similar eighteenth-century pronunciation of Fr -oy or -ois as -way, see BARASWAY (from barachois). The form shalloway may have been influenced by another boat name, shallop. Freq in place-names.
1680 CO 1/45 (68i), 252, v Their shalloway wch they had of the said Xpher Pollard splitt in two peices & damaged the small remaindr of provisions which they had left soe they launcht a new shalloway from the Admlls place & put the rest of theire provisions into her & moord her with 2 keylocks. [1767] 1977 Peopling of Nfld 108 Our shalloway from Barrow Harbour arrived with a load salt, discharged 30 hogsheads. 1983 Gazetteer of Canada: Nfld 159 Shalloway [Brook, Cove, Head, Island, Point, Pond, etc]. 1988 GOSSE 19 While not as durable as their English counterparts, these 'shalloways' were shipshape for more than fifteen years.
