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coracle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | small boat |
Examples of coracle
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I sat watching stone carving and someone making a coracle in the Green Crafts Field.
From the independent.co.uk
Anyone can take part in the workshops to create a coracle and customise it.
From the kidderminstershuttle.co.uk
Legend tells us that St Brendon sailed to the Americas in a coracle.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
St Collen is said to have arrived in Llangollen by coracle.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Building a coracle over a weekend in Shropshire satisfies a yen for the quirky and local, says Kevin Rushby.
From the guardian.co.uk
The only contender, I decide, is the humble coracle.
From the guardian.co.uk
One was Bernard Thomas, a Teifi salmon fisherman who famously paddled his coracle across the Channel in 1974.
From the guardian.co.uk
Jeep and boat safaris are available, or try a traditional coracle ride, from which you might spot a crocodile.
From the time.com
When she fails me, I paddle east in my coracle.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain
- The coracle is a small, lightweight boat of the sort traditionally used in Wales but also in parts of Western and South Western England, Ireland (particularly the River Boyne) , and Scotland (particularly the River Spey); the word is also used of similar boats found in India, Vietnam, Iraq and ...
- A small boat about as long as wide made like a basket and covered with hides, skins or similar material.
- A small boat of wickerwork covered by a watertight material.
- A small boat used in Britain from ancient times and made of a frame (as of wicker) covered usually with a hide or tarpaulin.
- A small fishing boat of hide on a wicker frame [Welsh normal'>corwgl, from corwg- a frame, boat]
- A short, roundish boat of skins or waterproofed canvas stretched over a wood or wicker frame.
- A small boat covered with animal skins used by Celts and Goths for ritual practices to be held on the seas.
