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British fishing boat
Answer for the clue "British fishing boat ", 5 letters:
coble
Word definitions for coble in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hawfinch \Haw"finch`\ (h[add]"f[i^]nch`), n. (Zo["o]l.) The common European grosbeak ( Coccothraustes vulgaris ); -- called also cherry finch , and coble .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The coble is a type of open traditional fishing boat which developed on the North East coast of England . The southern-most examples occur around Hull (although Cooke drew examples at Yarmouth, see his Shipping and Craft series of drawings of 1829); the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach, found on the north-east coast of England and in Scotland.
Usage examples of coble.
Ready to fall at every step, he blundered through the water, which now spread over the whole place, and followed by Dorothy in mute agony, was making for the shed behind which lay his boat, when one of the salmon fishers, who had brought his coble in at the gap, crossed them, and took them up.
In the huts of Fisher Row strange folk, dingy as waterweeds, were getting ready their cobles and fishing-gear against the next fast-day.
Anchorage Bay, it was called, and in the previous century boats had tied up at the little jetty, there had been fishermen living in the row of cottages and cobles drawn up on the beach.
In the huts of Fisher Row strange folk, dingy as waterweeds, were getting ready their cobles and fishing-gear against the next fast-day.
The Cobles were his kind of people--superrich but marvelously unpretentious.
He drove up to the front door of the club just as the Cobles surrendered their car to the parking valet.
Even though the Cobles were their usual interesting selves and the dinner was delicious, Jason spent the evening heartily wishing he had stayed home alone and cooked the filet of sole.