cockboat

English - Turkish

Definition of cockboat in English Turkish dictionary

küçük sandal

(isim) sandal

{i} sandal

English - English

Definition of cockboat in English English dictionary

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

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!.

{n} a small boat belonging to a ship

A small boat, esp

A small rowing boat that was used to ferry goods between a ship and the shore

{i} small rowboat

one used on rivers or near the shore

Hyphenation

cock·boat

Etymology

() From cock +‎ boat.