cock-boat
SayKOK-bohtUS/ˈkɑkˌboʊt/UK/ˈkɒkˌbəʊt/
- 1Alternative form of cockboat.
The ship towed a cock-boat behind it all the way down the coast.
Crates of fruit went ashore in the cock-boat, two at a time.
Note
The hyphen is the only thing that separates this spelling from cockboat; both name the same small rowing boat, towed behind a larger ship or rowed between ship and shore with goods aboard. The plural keeps the hyphen, cock-boats. Either spelling is correct, so the practical rule is to pick one and hold to it through a piece of writing.
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