co·ble (k  b l)n. 1. Nautical A small flatbottom fishing boat with a lugsail on a raking mast. 2. Scots A kind of flatbottom rowboat. [Middle English cobel, perhaps ultimately from Latin caupulus, a kind of small ship.] |
coble [ˈkəʊbəl ˈkɒbəl]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Scot and northern English a small single-masted flat-bottomed fishing boat
[probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh ceubal skiff]
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