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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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
There the captors of Miss Macrae must have touched, burned their coble, and taken to some larger and fleeter vessel.
From The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang
As soon as the coble is put under sail her great rudder is fixed; and this rudder, which is very broad, goes under water to a depth of three feet or so.
From The Romance of the Coast by James Runciman
With the exception of the Bamborough coble, not a single lifeboat was placed at any of the dangerous localities on the east coast of England for several years.
From The Lifeboat by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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 Eva Hope
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