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”
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The accident was seen from the shore, and five men put off in a coble, fitted with air-cases like a life-boat; but she almost immediately turned end over end, and two men were drowned.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 by William Chambers
Get the coble ready, and we four will man it.
From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Eva Hope
To "get away Norrad" is the right of men; and he feels himself manly as he sits amidships while the coble skims out into the bay.
From The Romance of the Coast by James Runciman
Mrs. Darling went back to her work in the lighthouse, but Grace remained on the beach until the coble that bore her friend away had passed completely out of sight.
From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Eva Hope
“If it were not too late,” I cried with indignation, “I would take the coble and go out to warn them.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI by Robert Louis Stevenson
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