A Dingey is a short craft, originally designed as a sort of tender to a yacht, but adopted for pleasure purposes on the Thames for nearly half a century.
"Boating"
W. B. Woodgate Commentator: Harvey Mason
She was quite hidden in the shrubbery when she saw a boat making slow headway against the wind towards the little cove where but a moment before she had drawn up the Dingey beyond the reach of breaking seas.
"Sally Dows and Other Stories"
Bret Harte
To go herself, rowing directly across in the Dingey, would be the only security of success.
"Sally Dows and Other Stories"
Bret Harte