pinnace
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Noun (1)
- a boat for communication between ship and shoreSynonyms: tendership's boatcutterType of boatKinds gig
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pin′nace noun
Origin: 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. Nautical (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.
Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs.— William Shakespeare
2. A procuress; a pimp. obsolete Ben Jonson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54