COCKBOAT


Meaning of COCKBOAT in English

/kok"boht'/ , n.

a small boat, esp. one used as a tender.

Also, cockleboat .

[ 1400-50; late ME cokboot, var. of cogboot, equiv. to cog boat, ship (akin to ON kuggi small ship) + boot BOAT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .