Coracle

Word CORACLE
Character 7
Hyphenation cor a cle
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Definitions and meanings of "Coracle"

What do we mean by coracle?

A small rounded boat made of waterproof material stretched over a wicker or wooden frame. noun

A fisherman's boat used in Wales and on many parts of the Irish coast, made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oil-cloth; a kind of bull-boat. Also spelled corracle. noun

A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Tibet and in Egypt. noun

A small, circular or oblong boat made of wickerwork and made watertight with hides or pitch, propelled and steered with a single paddle and light enough to be carried on a man's back. noun

A small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain noun

A small circular or oblong boat made of wickerwork and made watertight with hides or pitch, propelled and steered with a single paddle and light enough to be carried on a person's back.

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The word "coracle" in example sentences

Getting a body from river into a coracle is a tricky business, but he had practised it so long that he had it perfect, balance and heft and all, from his first grasp on the billowing sleeve to the moment when the little boat bobbed like a cork and spun like a drifting leaf, with the drowned man in-board and streaming water. ❋ Peters, Ellis, 1913- (1988)

The umbrella consists of a large hood, much like the ancient boat called a coracle, which being placed over the head reaches to the thighs behind. ❋ Unknown (1864)

I am confused about 'corach' which the OED knows as an alternative spelling of 'currach' or 'coracle' - a small wicker boat used in ancient times in Scotland and Ireland - hardly the usage here. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The coracle is a circular basket boat, covered with buffalo hide or black plastic sheets. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I also happen to feel, or rather, I did, that "coracle" was an especially lovely old word. ❋ Unknown (1988)

Andrew MuellerOnce upon a time, there was an amazing Channel 4 show called Lost no, not that one, in which teams were dumped, blindfolded, in exotic places and obliged to make their way back to London by hook, crook or improvised coracle. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In the past two years, I have worked on a Welsh hill farm in lambing season, joined a male choir and competed at the National Eisteddfod, learned to row a coracle, been down one of the last Welsh coal mines, sent my middle-aged body out to train with Cardiff rugby players half my age. ❋ Unknown (2011)

All that was left was a quiet sea and McBride alone in his coracle and the crown of mistletoe and gorse floating there on the waves. ❋ Megan Arkenberg (2010)

He knelt there rocking to-and-fro in the flimsy coracle, the waves almost coming over its sides, he legs becoming numb with cold and tried to remember. ❋ Megan Arkenberg (2010)

If the passage is safe, we will follow in the second coracle. ❋ Megan Arkenberg (2010)

Quirk was about to shout a desperate warning when the wave hit, flipping the coracle up into the air for a moment, nearly turning it right over. ❋ Megan Arkenberg (2010)

As Quirk looked on, another big wave rolled in, slipping around Sheerwater and on to the coracle. ❋ Megan Arkenberg (2010)

They cover subjects such as Sports and Pastimes (Furry Dance, coracle fishing), 'Our Heritage of Skill '(The Cheese Maker, The Hand-Block Printer), and 'Our National Parks'. ❋ Peter Ashley (2008)

He half-jumped, half-fell out of the skipping coracle, landing back in the water a good yard away from where McBride sat. ❋ Megan Arkenberg (2010)

They let themselves down a swaying rope to the water, and stepped precariously into the tethered coracle. ❋ Megan Arkenberg (2010)

There was silence for a moment as they bobbed together in the coracle. ❋ Megan Arkenberg (2010)

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