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cockboat cock·boat C0444400 (kŏk′bōt′)n. A small rowboat, especially one used to ferry supplies from ship to shore. Also called cockleboat. [Middle English cokboot : cok, cockboat (from Anglo-Norman coque, probably ultimately from Latin caudica, from caudex, caudic-, tree trunk) + boot, boat; see boat.]cockboat (ˈkɒkˌbəʊt) or cockleboatn (Nautical Terms) any small boat[C15 cokbote, perhaps ultimately from Late Latin caudica dug-out canoe, from Latin caudex tree trunk]cock•boat (ˈkɒkˌboʊt) n. a small boat, esp. one used as a tender. [1400–50; late Middle English cokboot, variant of cogboot <cog boat, ship] |