chantey
/ˈʃænti/
noun
- A song sung by sailors in the past while working together on a ship, to help them keep a steady rhythm.
- The museum played a recording of an old chantey to show how sailors worked.
- He learned a traditional sea chantey from his grandfather, who was a fisherman.
- The crew sang a lively chantey as they pulled the ropes.
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