cockboat

[ kok-boht ]

/ ˈkɒkˌboʊt /

noun

a small boat, especially one used as a tender.

Also cockleboat.

Origin of cockboat

1400–50; late Middle English cokboot, variant of cogboot, equivalent to cog boat, ship (akin to Old Norse kuggi small ship) + bootboat

Words nearby cockboat

cockatiel, cockatoo, cockatrice, Cockayne, Cockayne's syndrome, cockboat, cockchafer, Cockcroft, cockcrow, cocked, cocked hat

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Example sentences from the Web for cockboat

We have put to sea in a cockboat, but we are quite prepared to rough it.
The Personal History of David Copperfield |Charles Dickens
"To send two old women to sea in a cockboat," Asgill replied.
The Wild Geese|Stanley John Weyman
The fellow came down the creek, cool as you please, and pulling a nice easy stroke, in Harry's cockboat.
Poison Island|Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q)
When they had rounded once more the wooded point they saw the Sea Wraith, and drawn up upon the sand its cockboat.
Sir Mortimer|Mary Johnston

He expects the return of the chalop, or cockboat, notwithstanding all appearances to the contrary.
The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI. (of 18)|John Dryden

British Dictionary definitions for cockboat

cockboat

cockleboat (ˈkɒkəlˌbəʊt)

/ (ˈkɒkˌbəʊt) /

noun

any small boat

Word Origin for cockboat

C15 cokbote, perhaps ultimately from Late Latin caudica dug-out canoe, from Latin caudex tree trunk

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单词	cockboat
释义	cockboat [ kok-boht ] / ˈkɒkˌboʊt / noun a small boat, especially one used as a tender. Also cockleboat. Origin of cockboat 1400–50; late Middle English cokboot, variant of cogboot, equivalent to cog boat, ship (akin to Old Norse kuggi small ship) + bootboat Words nearby cockboat cockatiel, cockatoo, cockatrice, Cockayne, Cockayne's syndrome, cockboat, cockchafer, Cockcroft, cockcrow, cocked, cocked hat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cockboat We have put to sea in a cockboat, but we are quite prepared to rough it. The Personal History of David Copperfield \|Charles Dickens "To send two old women to sea in a cockboat," Asgill replied. The Wild Geese\|Stanley John Weyman The fellow came down the creek, cool as you please, and pulling a nice easy stroke, in Harry's cockboat. Poison Island\|Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q) When they had rounded once more the wooded point they saw the Sea Wraith, and drawn up upon the sand its cockboat. Sir Mortimer\|Mary Johnston He expects the return of the chalop, or cockboat, notwithstanding all appearances to the contrary. The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI. (of 18)\|John Dryden British Dictionary definitions for cockboat cockboat cockleboat (ˈkɒkəlˌbəʊt) / (ˈkɒkˌbəʊt) / noun any small boat Word Origin for cockboat C15 cokbote, perhaps ultimately from Late Latin caudica dug-out canoe, from Latin caudex tree trunk Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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