cock-boat
noun
a small boat, especially one used as a tender.
Also, cockleboat.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English cokboot, variant of cogboot, equivalent to cog boat, ship (akin to Old Norse kuggi small ship) + boot boat
1400–50; late Middle English cokboot, variant of cogboot, equivalent to cog boat, ship (akin to Old Norse kuggi small ship) + boot boat
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cockboat or cockleboat (ˈkɒkˌbəʊt, ˈkɒkəlˌbəʊt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| any small boat | |
| [C15 cokbote, perhaps ultimately from Late Latin caudica dug-out canoe, from Latin caudex tree trunk] | |
| cockleboat or cockleboat | |
| —n | |
| [C15 cokbote, perhaps ultimately from Late Latin caudica dug-out canoe, from Latin caudex tree trunk] | |
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