pinnace
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈpɪnəs/
- Specialized
:
pinnaza
- Aboard the Duke, Dr. Thomas Dover impetuously asks for the pinnace to be lowered and manned so that he can be rowed ashore.
Examples
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A pinnace rowed out with lines, and the Vargaz was heaved sternfirst against a dock.
Fiction book (1993) -
The pinnace touched down, the docking arms and umbilical locked, and Hamish Alexander pushed himself up out of his comfortable seat.
Fiction book (2001) -
Get away from the pinnace.
Fiction book (2002) -
It is obvious that the pinnace will have to turn back, and in the darkness may miss the ships altogether.
Academic text (2002) -
They queued up behind the lead pinnace, waiting their turns, and she tried not to let her relief show as she thought about them.
Fiction book (2001) -
They think at first that it is a lantern aboard the pinnace, but soon realize that the flare must come from a bonfire on land.
Academic text (2002) -
The sailors used the pinnace to transport supplies from the ship to the shore.
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During the storm, the crew decided to send a pinnace to check on the damaged boat.
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The pinnace sailed smoothly across the calm waters, making it easy to reach the island.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small vehicle used on water to carry people, like a rowboat or motorboat
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6.1
A small fast boat often with sails, used to carry people or messages
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1.0
A boat that is small and used for short trips on lakes or rivers
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6.6
A small boat that takes people or supplies to shore from a larger ship
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7.0
A large boat carried on a ship to move people or goods between ship and shore
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9.1
A long narrow rowing boat used for racing or short trips
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9.9
A small boat that sells food and goods to ships at sea
A small boat that a ship carries to move people between ship and shore
A small boat that a sailing ship keeps for the crew to move people or supplies
A small wooden boat for rowing or fishing
A small boat with long poles on each side used for fishing and short trips
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Pinnace comes from old French and Spanish words like pinace or pinaza that named a small, light boat used with larger ships, a handy craft for short trips. So a pinnace today is a small tender or light sailing boat used to carry people or supplies between ship and shore.