coble

  • 1Coble — Co ble, n. [AS. cuopel; cf. W. ceubal skiff, ferryboat.] A flat floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England. [1913… …

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  • 2coble — [kō′bəl, käb′əl] n. 〚ME cobel < OE cuopel, prob. < Celt, as in Welsh ceubal, Bret caubal (> ? L caupulus)〛 1. a small fishing boat with a lug sail, a deeper draft at the bow than at the stern, and a large rudder, used off the northeast coast of&#8230; …

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  • 3coble — [kō′bəl, käb′əl] n. [ME cobel &LT; OE cuopel, prob. &LT; Celt, as in Welsh ceubal, Bret caubal (&GT; ? L caupulus)] 1. a small fishing boat with a lug sail, a deeper draft at the bow than at the stern, and a large rudder, used off the northeast&#8230; …

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  • 4Coble — For people named Coble, see Coble (surname). Three cobles at North Landing, Flamborough Head …

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  • 5coble — Hawfinch Haw finch (h[add] f[i^]nch ), n. (Zo[ o]l.) The common European grosbeak ({Coccothraustes vulgaris}); called also {cherry finch}, and {coble}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6coble — 1) a flat bottomed, single masted North Sea fishing boat. See also plosher (1) 2) an open or deckless fishing boat used principally on the north east coast of England, with sharp bows, flat, sloping stern, and without a keel 3) a short, flat&#8230; …

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  • 7coble — couble m. couple techn. ; paire ; pièce de bois, poutre. cf. expr. Vèire la palha dins l uelh dau vesin e pas lo coble qu es dins lo sieu : voir la paille dans l œil du voisin et pas la poutre qui est dans le sien. voir pareu …

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  • 8Coble (surname) — Coble is a surname, and may refer to: Arthur Byron Coble Bob Coble Dave Coble Eric Coble Howard Coble Paul Coble This page or section lists people with the surname Coble (surname). If an …

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  • 9Coble, United States Virgin Islands — &#160;&#160;Village&#160;&#160; Country &#160;United States Virgin Islands …

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  • 10Coble hypersurface — In algebraic geometry, a Coble hypersurface is one of the hypersurfaces associated to the Jacobian variety of a curve of genus 2 or 3 by Arthur Coble. There are two similar but different types of Coble hypersurfaces. The Kummer variety of the&#8230; …

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