Chapter 10: The Further Adventures of Toad

Vocabulary

Flags: Short for flagstones.
Rustic: Of or relating to the countryside; rural.
Gunwale: The upper edge of the side of a boat or ship.
Tiller: A horizontal bar fitted to the head of a boat’s rudder post and used as a lever for steering.
Barge: A flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight, typically on canals and rivers, either under its own power or towed by another.
Dote: Be extremely and uncritically fond of.
Shilling: A former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twentieth of a pound or twelve pence.
Sixpence: A coin worth six old pence, withdrawn in 1980.