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pinnace
[ pin-is ]
noun
- a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- any of various kinds of ship's boats.
- 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.
pinnace
/ ˈɪɪ /
noun
- any of various kinds of ship's tender
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pinnace1
C16: from French pinace, apparently from Old Spanish pinaza, literally: something made of pine, ultimately from Latin īԳܲ pine
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Now in James Town they were all in combustion, the strongest preparing once more to run away with the pinnace for England.
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“He’s got a fast little pinnace hidden on the riverbank. He told me to say goodbye to you if he had to hurry away.”
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In one major shipment, 15 pinnaces carrying manuscripts left Timbuktu together.
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Tired, hot, and hungry they reached the spot where a naval pinnace was supposed to be awaiting them.
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A steam pinnace landed him and his scanty belongings on the Gateshead side of the river.
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