coble
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coble
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”
Example Sentences
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The coble was full of precious human beings; but the sea abated none of its fury, that it might ride the more safely.
From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Hope, Eva
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!
From Literary Byways by Andrews, William
An old term for a variety of the coble.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
The blasts galloped down through the hollows, and struck the brown sail of the coble like the sound of musketry.
From The Romance of the Coast by Runciman, James
"If the coble is beaten against the rocks, she will be smashed to pieces."
From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Hope, Eva
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