Chanty
chantey.
a sailors’ song, especially one sung in rhythm to work.
noun (pl) -ties
a variant of shanty2
noun (pl) -teys
the usual US spelling of shanty2
n.
1856, also shanty, chantey; probably an alteration of French chanter “to sing” (see chant (v.)); perhaps from French chantez, imperative of chanter.
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