coble
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
Origin of 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.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonHow 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 AndrewsThrough the foaming seas, which threatened every moment to overwhelm the little coble, they pulled off to the wreck.
A Yacht Voyage Round England | W.H.G. KingstonA 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 RuncimanMeanwhile, a coble sails almost peacefully alongside their ill-fated craft.
Looking Seaward Again | Walter Runciman
British Dictionary definitions for coble
/ (ˈkəʊbəl, ˈkɒbəl) /
Scot and Northern English a small single-masted flat-bottomed fishing boat
Origin of coble
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