coble
/koh-buhl/US // ˈkoʊ bəl //UK // (ˈkəʊbəl, ˈkɒbəl) //
科布尔,科贝尔,柯布林,柯布利
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
Examples
If it were not too late,” I cried with indignation, “I would take the coble and go out to warn them.
How boldly he steered the coble across the foaming bar, When the sky was black to the eastward and the breakers white on the scar!
Through the foaming seas, which threatened every moment to overwhelm the little coble, they pulled off to the wreck.
A rope was bent on to the stern, and the crowd quickly hauled the coble away from the heavy surf into safety.
Meanwhile, a coble sails almost peacefully alongside their ill-fated craft.
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