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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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
There the captors of Miss Macrae must have touched, burned their coble, and taken to some larger and fleeter vessel.
From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew
Meanwhile, the brown coble tacked back to Borosay, and the fisherman sailed away to the Barra coasts, and Alan and Ian were left solitary in their wild and remote home.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona
The coble was lifted on to the launching-wheels and run down to the water; then the two men took their places, and the boat stole away northward over the bay.
From The Romance of the Coast by Runciman, James
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
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