cockboat

(käk′bōt′)

noun

Now Rare a small boat propelled by oars, esp. one used as a ship's tender

Origin: ME cokbote < cok, ship's boat (< Anglo-Fr coque < Du kogghe < VL cocca < ? L concha: see conch) + bote, boat

See cockboat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A small rowboat, especially one used to ferry supplies from ship to shore. Also called cockleboat.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English cokboot

Origin: : cok, cockboat (from Anglo-Norman coque, probably ultimately from Latin caudica, from caudex, caudic-, tree trunk)

Origin: + boot, boat; see boat

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