Sentence example with the word 'pinnace'

pinnace

Definition n. a boat for communication between ship and shore

Last update: August 3, 2015


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But as the captain of the " Endeavour " ordered out the pinnace and prepared to land, the natives threw off their nonchalance; for on the boat approaching the shore, two men, each armed with a bundle of spears, presented themselves on a projecting rock and made threatening signs to the strangers.   [Please select]

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A ball struck the pinnace, smashing in her side.   [Please select]

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_ =The Penang Pirate= and The Lost Pinnace.   [Please select]

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The pinnace stood actually ready to be launched, but imprisoned within massive wooden walls which defied our strength.   [Please select]

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"Not at all unlikely," replied I quietly; "we had a fire below when we were caulking the seams of the pinnace."   [Please select]

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The Governor went aboard the pinnace accompanied by forty of his best men, intending to pass up to Roanoke.   [Please select]

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"She has sent off a pinnace with a flag of truce."   [Please select]

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In the midst of the carousal the master of the pinnace called the boatswain "Brother Loggerheads."   [Please select]

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He had two vessels--one of some burden, the other a pinnace of thirty tons.   [Please select]

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Their vessels were now reduced to three; the pinnace had been left behind at Port St.   [Please select]

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III THE BIRTH OF VIRGINIA DARE[1] (1587) BY JOHN WHITE The two and twentieth day of July we came safely to Cape Hatteras, where our ship and pinnace anchored.   [Please select]

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