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词汇 coble
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Definition of coble in English:

coble

noun ˈkəʊb(ə)l

  • A flat-bottomed fishing boat of a type used in Scotland and north-eastern England.

    （苏格兰和英格兰东北部的）平底渔船

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The 88-year-old coble, a flat-bottomed fishing boat, had survived a direct hit by a stick bomb in 1943, which went right through her hull.
    • In the 1820s there were 130 fishermen sailing 35 cobles and five large herring boats.
    • We have reached the waterside where a fishing coble is moored to the bank.
    • The dock was famous the world over in drawings and paintings of the village when it was filled with brown-sailed fishing cobles.
    • At night the woman would feel stabs of fear as she thought of the tossing coble where her man was earning a living for them.

Origin

Old English, perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Welsh ceubal 'ferry boat, skiff'.

Rhymes

ennoble, Froebel, global, Grenoble, ignoble, noble
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