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And neither did I ! I had to cheat on this one to make sure 'butty' could be the answer.

I've heard "butty boat" (one that butts up to another), but not butty by itself for a boat.

Chambers

Butty : a barge towed by another

Interestingly, MY Chambers (!) doesn't give it......
but my Concise Oxford give "butty" as a "towed barge or other craft".

My Ma's is 1972 edition

Elle, you should bin that Chambers!
Anne Bradford has butty under "barge".
She also has "birlinn".
"A chief's barge or galley in the Western Isles."
I never knew they had barges in the Western Isles!

Hi, Rusty!
Mmm, I'm not convinced........ I know I have the answer "olive" correct - there is no doubt in my mind about that....
But I am half inclined to think that the compiler is in error and thinks that the Circle Line is 'green'......
I wish I could ask him/ her!
"Butty" is also a Northern word meaning "sandwich" - especially used in the north-west - and usually for a chip butty or a bacon butty.
It was in common usage when I was a child "up North"!
On reflection, I think my Scottish cousin used to say a chip "piece", when he meant a chip sandwich?
Throw my Chambers away, Rusty? when I am beginning to develop a reluctant affection for its idiosyncrasies/ funny little ways??
(Incidentally, it does have "birlinn" - although I had never heard of that word!)

Elle
Two of the most common ways for a compiler to try and mislead you are punctuation and Capital letters,.....ignore both !

I thought that if 'Circle' (with or without a capital) means the O of 'olive', then it cannot mean anything else as well ? - definition is 'green colour'

Hello, Elle!
No, I don't think he did.
May have been better for you if he added a question mark?
Why not email Mr Rogan, or Rose?
Yes, "a jeely piece" was bread and jam, up here!
Our piece was your butty!
I think I first heard of "butty" in Z Cars, on TV.
Seem to remember Fancy Smith asking for one.
And "birlin" in my young day, was "dancing".
"Going to the birlin" was "frequenting a dance hall!"