† sword-pinkn.
Obsolete.
A small sailing vessel or pink (pink n.2) provided with lee-boards.
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pink1471
sword-pink1614
pinkie1840
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > types of
sedge-boat1336
shout1395
scout1419
pink1471
punt-boatc1500
palander1524
pram1531
punt1556
bark1598
sword-pink1614
pont1631
schuit1666
pontoon1681
bateau1711
battoe1711
flight1769
scow1780
keel-boat1786
ferry flat1805
ark1809
panga1811
mackinaw boat1812
mudboat1824
pinkie1840
mackinaw1842
sharpie1860
sculling float1874
pass-boat1875
sled1884
scow sloop1885
sharp1891
johnboat1894
ballahoo1902
pram1929
goelette1948
1614 T. Gentleman Englands Way to win Wealth 14 These are Vessels of diuers fashions, and not like vnto the Busses,..and they bee called some of them, Sword-pinks, Flat-bottomes, Holland-toads.
1616 J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 12 The poore Hollanders..hauing 2 or 3000 Busses, Flat bottomes, Sword pinks, Todes, and such like.
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