Plural of cockboat; multiple small light rowboats or dinghies used for harbor and coastal work.
Plural form of cockboat, maintaining the nautical terminology for these essential small vessels used throughout maritime history.
Historical records show that harbors were so crowded with cockboats that they were a navigation hazard—there are accounts of major ports where you could supposedly walk from shore to ship by stepping on cockboat gunwales.
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