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pinnace

Meaningthe pitch-pine

Common meaning: a small boat carried by a ship

Journey through time

  1. Middle Frenchpinasse‘the pitch-tree’source
  2. Frenchpinacesource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsthe pitch-tree → a small boat carried by a shippinnace‘a small boat carried by a ship’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Middle French pinasse ‘the pitch-pine’.

Roots

  • pinasse Middle French “the pitch-pine”

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