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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: pinnace (0.02909 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to pinnace.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pinnace
pinnace
n : a boat for communication between ship and shore [syn:
tender,
ship's boat,
cutter]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pinnace
Pinnace
\Pin"nace\, n. [F. pinasse; cf. It. pinassa, pinazza,
Sp. pinaza; all from L. pinus a pine tree, anything made of
pine, e.g., a ship. Cf.
Pine a tree.]
1. (Naut.)
(a) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly
employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called
originally,
spynace or
spyne.
(b) A man-of-war's boat.
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Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs. --Shak.
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2. A procuress; a pimp. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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