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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pin•nace (pin′is),USA pronunciation n. - Nautical, Naval Termsa light sailing ship, esp. one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- Nautical, Naval Termsany of various kinds of ship's boats.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa 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.
- Old Spanish pinaza literally, something made of pino pine1
- Middle French pinace
- 1540–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pinnace /ˈpɪnɪs/ n - any of various kinds of ship's tender
Etymology: 16th Century: from French pinace, apparently from Old Spanish pinaza, literally: something made of pine, ultimately from Latin pīnus pine |