coble

[ koh-buhl ]

noun
  1. a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.

Origin of coble

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English cobel; probably of Celtic origin (compare Welsh ceubal, ceubol “skiff, ferryboat”), ultimately from Late Latin caupulus, caupilus “small sailing vessel with a high prow”

Words Nearby coble

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How to use coble in a sentence

  • If it were not too late,” I cried with indignation, “I would take the coble and go out to warn them.

  • How boldly he steered the coble across the foaming bar, When the sky was black to the eastward and the breakers white on the scar!

    Literary Byways | William Andrews
  • Through the foaming seas, which threatened every moment to overwhelm the little coble, they pulled off to the wreck.

  • A rope was bent on to the stern, and the crowd quickly hauled the coble away from the heavy surf into safety.

    Looking Seaward Again | Walter Runciman
  • Meanwhile, a coble sails almost peacefully alongside their ill-fated craft.

    Looking Seaward Again | Walter Runciman

British Dictionary definitions for coble

coble

/ (ˈkəʊbəl, ˈkɒbəl) /


noun
  1. Scot and Northern English a small single-masted flat-bottomed fishing boat

Origin of coble

1
C13: probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh ceubal skiff

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