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pinnace
[ pin-is ]
/ ˈpɪn ɪs /
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noun
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
any of various kinds of ship's boats.
a small 17th-century ship having two or three masts and a flat stern, used in northern Europe as a warship and merchant ship and as a tender.
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pinnace
/ (ˈpɪnɪs) /
noun
any of various kinds of ship's tender
Word Origin for pinnace
C16: from French pinace, apparently from Old Spanish pinaza, literally: something made of pine, ultimately from Latin pīnus pine
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