cock·boat (k k b t )n. A small rowboat, especially one used to ferry supplies from ship to shore. Also called cockleboat. [Middle English cokboot : cok, cockboat (from Anglo-Norman coque, probably ultimately from Latin caudica, from caudex, caudic-, tree trunk) + boot, boat; see boat.] |
cockboat [ˈkɒkˌbəʊt], cockleboat
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) any small boat
[C15 cokbote, perhaps ultimately from Late Latin caudica dug-out canoe, from Latin caudex tree trunk]
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