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pinnace

[ pin-is ]

noun

  1. a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
  2. any of various kinds of ship's boats.
  3. a small 17th-century ship having two or three masts and a flat stern, used in northern Europe as a warship and merchant ship and as a tender.

pinnace

/ ˈpɪnɪs /

noun

  1. any of various kinds of ship's tender
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pinnace1

1540–50; < Middle French pinace < Old Spanish pinaza literally, something made of pino pine 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pinnace1

C16: from French pinace, apparently from Old Spanish pinaza, literally: something made of pine, ultimately from Latin pīnus pine

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