pinnace
Americannoun
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a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
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any of various kinds of ship's boats.
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a small 17th-century ship having two or three masts and a flat stern, used in northern Europe as a warship and merchant ship and as a tender.
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of pinnace
1540–50; < Middle French pinace < Old Spanish pinaza literally, something made of pino pine 1
Example Sentences
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He says the largest one is the Susan Constant, next in size is the Godspeed, and the smallest, a pinnace, is the Discovery.
From Literature
In one major shipment, 15 pinnaces carrying manuscripts left Timbuktu together.
From The Guardian
Tired, hot, and hungry they reached the spot where a naval pinnace was supposed to be awaiting them.
From Project Gutenberg
A steam pinnace landed him and his scanty belongings on the Gateshead side of the river.
From Project Gutenberg
We're safe enough for the present, my lads," he exclaimed, "for the rascally Dutchmen cannot approach us save in their pinnaces.
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