† spinacen.
Obsolete.
Earlier form of pinnace n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > types of small sailing vessel
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1321–7 Anc. Corr. (P.R.O.) LVIII. 8 Kaunt ioe departi de Portismuth oue le espynasse le vent fust en countre.]
1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 59/2 There most be awaytyng and attendaunt opon hem iiii Spynes, in eche Spynes xxv men.
1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 60/1 The Shippes, Barges, Balingers and Spinaces.
1458 J. Jernyngan in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 340 Then my Lord..manned fyve schippis of forecastell and iij carvellis and iiij spynnes.
1466 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 205 My mastyr paid..for a pompe, v. polyves, and odre aparaylle for the spynas.
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