a two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat with the mizzenmast stepped far aft so that the mizzen boom overhangs the stern 双桅帆船 ■(historical)a ship's jolly boat with four or six oars (史)(配有四至六支桨的)船载小船;小艇
语源
late 16th cent.: from Middle Low German jolle or Dutch jol, of unknown origin; compare with jolly