DCHP-1 Online
rodney origin obscure; cf. Brit.dial. "something small, inferior, or mean" Nfld. 
n. a small, open type of fishing boat that sometimes carries a sail.
- 1916 And 'twas for Tom West's little rodney that the seven last men o' Ragged Run was jumpin'.
- 1930 Often he'd take us to sail in his rodney,/Out over the water. . . .
- 1916 And 'twas for Tom West's little rodney that the seven last men o' Ragged Run was jumpin'.