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Chebacco

Chebacco \Che*bac"co\, n. [From Chebacco, the former name of Essex, a town in Massachusetts where such vessels were built.] (Naut.) A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; -- called also pinkstern and chebec.
--Bartlett.

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chebacco

n. (context nautical English) A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fishery.

Usage examples of "chebacco".

Each spring the chebaccos were scraped and caulked and tarred and sent out to the fishing grounds.