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Pinnace

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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the name of two types of vessel or boat, one a light sailing vessel with two schooner-rigged masts, the other a heavy eight-oared man-of-war's boat. The word is usually referred to Lat. pinus, pine, but this derivation is at variance with the earlier form "spinace."

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pinnace'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/pinnace.html. 1910.
 
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