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coble definition

co·ble (kō′bəl, käb′əl)

noun

  1. a small fishing boat with a lug sail, a deeper draft at the bow than at the stern, and a large rudder, used off the northeast coast of England
  2. in Scotland, a short, flat-bottomed rowboat

Etymology: ME cobel < OE cuopel, prob. < Celt, as in Welsh ceubal, Bret caubal (> ? L caupulus)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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