coble
/ˈkəʊb(ə)l
/noun
A flat-bottomed fishing boat of a type used in Scotland and NE England.The 88-year-old coble, a flat-bottomed fishing boat, had survived a direct hit by a stick bomb in 1943, which went right through her hull....
- We have reached the waterside where a fishing coble is moored to the bank.
- The dock was famous the world over in drawings and paintings of the village when it was filled with brown-sailed fishing cobles.
Origin
Old English, perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Welsh ceubal 'ferry boat, skiff'.
Rhymes
- counterpart
- counterpart fund
- counterparty
- counterplot
- counterpoint
- counterpoise
- counterpose
- counterposition
- counterproductive
- counterproliferation
- counterproposal
- counterpunch
- counterpuncher
- Counter-Reformation
- counter-revolution
- counter-revolutionary
- counterrotate
- counterrotation
- counterscarp
- countershaded
- countershading
- countershaft
- countersign
- countersignature
- countersink