Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun, plural chant·ies.
noun, plural chant·eys.
- a sailors’ song, especially one sung in rhythm to work.
noun plural -ties
- a variant of shanty 2
noun plural -teys
- the usual US spelling of shanty 2
1856, also shanty, chantey; probably an alteration of French chanter “to sing” (see chant (v.)); perhaps from French chantez, imperative of chanter.