cockboat means A small rowing boat, especially one pulled behind a larger ship, or used to ferry goods between a ship and the shore. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
Etymology
From cog (“a small boat”).
noun
- A small rowing boat, especially one pulled behind a larger ship, or used to ferry goods between a ship and the shore.“Haue care, I pray, to guide the cock-bote well, / Least worse on sea then vs on land befell.”