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pinnaces

pinnaces is the plural of pinnace.

Meaning of pinnace

Noun

pinnace (plural pinnaces)

  1. A light boat, traditionally propelled by sails, but sometimes a rowboat, and usually serving to carry messages among the larger ships of a fleet.
    • I cast my eyes to the ship, and there she rode, within little more than half a mile of the shore; for they had weighed her anchor as soon as they were masters of her, and, the weather being fair, had brought her to an anchor just against the mouth of the little creek; and the tide being up, the...1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

Questions about pinnaces

What is pinnaces the plural of?
Pinnaces is the plural of pinnace.

Words near pinnaces in the dictionary

  1. pinmen
  2. Pinmore
  3. pinna
  4. pinnable
  5. pinnace
  6. pinnaces
  7. pinnacle
  8. Pinnacle Islands
  9. Pinnacle Swamp
  10. pinnacled
  11. pinnacles

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