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noun
1.
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
2.
any of various kinds of ship's boats.
3.
a small 17th-century ship having two or three masts and a flat stern, used in northern Europe as a warship and merchant ship and as a tender.
Origin:
1540–50;
<
Middle French
pinace
<
Old Spanish
pinaza
literally, something made of
pino
pine
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pinnace
(ˈpɪnɪs)
—
n
any of various kinds of ship's tender
[C16: from French
pinace,
apparently from Old Spanish
pinaza,
literally: something made of pine, ultimately from Latin
pīnus
pine]
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