pinnace in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pinnace in the English»French Dictionary

pinnace in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pinnace in the English»French Dictionary

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Pinnace was more of a use than a type name, for almost any vessel could have been a pinnace or tender to a larger one.
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The main mast on many pinnaces would have been large enough to carry a small topsail.
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The pinnace lost its mizzen mast and was forced to retire.
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Additionally, it carries two pinnaces for extra vehicular activity.
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The two pinnaces and the shallop moored at the edge of the bay and continued to bombard the shore and the nearby woods.
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She carried a number of smaller vessels, including two picket boats, a launch, a pinnace, two cutters, two yawls, and two dinghies.
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The pinnace is perhaps the most confusing of all the early seventeenth-century types of vessels.
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I wanted to put out a pinnace to reconnoitre but the wind was blowing so fiercely that it would have been dangerous.
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On equal lengths, pinnaces tended to be narrower than other types.
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She carried several smaller boats, including two picket boats, one launch, one pinnace, two cutters, two yawls, and two dinghies.
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