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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"Life's a weary, weary, weary, Life's a weary coble o' care."
From Agatha's Husband A Novel by Walter Crane
“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
This, after considerable difficulty, William Darling succeeded in doing, when immediately Grace rowed off in the coble, to prevent it being dashed to pieces.
From A Yacht Voyage Round England by William Henry Giles Kingston
He soon afterwards fitted a coble, sent from Bamborough, in Northumberland.
From A Yacht Voyage Round England by William Henry Giles Kingston
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
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