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Definition of "coble" [co•ble]

  • Nautical A small flatbottom fishing boat with a lugsail on a raking mast. (noun)
  • Scots A kind of flatbottom rowboat. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "coble" in a sentence
  • "Looking to eastward you saw a dark semicircular streak on the water, and inside this streak a coble glided slowly hither and thither."
  • "Thus, after years of experiment, the "coble" was designed in its present form; and these craft are as much the product of their special locality as are the men who man them."
  • "Thou killest the fish with spear, line, and coble-net; and we, with snares and with nets, which work by the ebb and the flow of the tide."
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