fishing smack

American  

noun

1. any of various fore-and-aft-rigged fishing vessels of rather large size, often containing a well to keep the catch alive.

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Etymology

Origin of fishing smack

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

Her name was Emilie Cordier, and she became pregnant just before the fishing smack ran into Giuseppe Garibaldi, then busy invading Sicily with his famed "Thousand."

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1867 a fishing smack set sail from Boston; among its crew was a Portuguese called James Brown.

From Time Magazine Archive

Early one morning last week a fishing smack trailed by a rowboat �routine indications of a channel swimmer�appeared in St. Margaret's Bay, England.

From Time Magazine Archive

A 24-year-old Dalmatian sailor commanded the Partisans' only warship, the fishing smack Pioneer, whose eight men were armed with four rifles.

From Time Magazine Archive

I want to reach the coast, and follow along it until I find a fishing smack which will take me to Emporion or to Denia.

From Sónnica by Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente