Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cockboat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cock-boat
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small rowing boat, especially one pulled behind a larger ship, or used to ferry goods between a ship and the shore.

Example Sentences

"Haue care, I pray, to guide the cock-bote well, / Least worse on sea then vs on land befell."
"The Malabar, that huge sea monster, in whose capacious belly so many human creatures lived and suffered, had dwindled to a walnut-shell, and yet beside her bulk how infinitely small had their own frail cockboat appeared as they shot out from under her towering stern!"

Etymology

From cog (“a small boat”).

Inflected Forms

cockboats (plural) cock-boat (alternative) cockleboat (alternative)

Synonyms

dinghy

Questions

What does cockboat mean?: A small rowing boat, especially one pulled behind a larger ship, or used to ferry goods between a ship and the shore.
Where does cockboat come from?: From cog (“a small boat”).

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