Middle English Dictionary Entry
cōbel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cōbel n. |
| Etymology | Ult. L caupulus, whence also Nhb. cuopel; cp. AL cobellum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A rowboat of some kind (with 2 or 4 oars).
Associated quotations
- (1248-9) Inquis.PM Hen.III41 : A fishery with a small ship called cobel.
- (1374) Doc.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12p.lxxvii : j cobil cum iiij remis..j scaffe, j cobil..cum ij remis.
- (1420) Will Durham in Sur.Soc.264 : Lego Galfrido Mawer meliorem cobyll; Item lego uxori Johannis Yole alium cobyll.