The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cockboat
Cockboat \Cock"boat`\, n. [See Cock a boat.] A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.
Wiktionary
cockboat
n. (context nautical English) A small rowing boat, especially one pulled behind a larger ship, or used to ferry goods between a ship and the shore.
Usage examples of "cockboat".
Conmee on Christass, lame crutch and leg sailor in cockboat armfolded ropepulling hitching stamp hornpipe through and through.
The cockboat wallowed from side to side as the taller man stepped to the stern.