coraclenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒr.ə.kəl/us/ˈkɔːr.ə.kəl/a small, round boat that is made by stretching animal skin over a wooden frame
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Boats & sailing craft
- canoe
- catamaran
- cruiser
- dugout
- gondola
- kayak
- life raft
- longboat
- motorboat
- narrowboat
- outboard motor
- pedal boat
- powerboat
- riverboat
- rowing boat
- sailing boat
- speedboat
- trimaran
- windsurfer
- yacht
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Examples from literature
- Coracles are sometimes used for ferrying—also punts.
- It was easy now to understand how she had recognized that rock tunnel through which the little coracle had been paddled.
- The cattle slept in the fields, the fishermen slept in their coracles.
- The current was bearing coracle and schooner southward at an equal rate.
- There is a fishing coracle coming alongside of us, my master, said he, "with two fishermen in her."