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cockboat
[ kok-boht ]
noun
- a small boat, especially one used as a tender.
cockboat
/ ˈkɒkəlˌbəʊt; ˈkɒkˌbəʊt /
noun
- any small boat
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cockboat1
C15 cokbote, perhaps ultimately from Late Latin caudica dug-out canoe, from Latin caudex tree trunk
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Example Sentences
Before the cockboat reached the point he had fallen, first to his knee, then prone upon the sand.
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When they had rounded once more the wooded point they saw the Sea Wraith, and drawn up upon the sand its cockboat.
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"In for a lamb, in for a sheep," thought I, and began to back the cockboat towards the corner where the dinghy lay.
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The fellow came down the creek, cool as you please, and pulling a nice easy stroke, in Harry's cockboat.
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It might as well be called the ship, with the cockboat astern.
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