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ˈkɔr ə kəl, ˈkɒr-cor·a·cle

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. coraclenoun

    a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain

Wiktionary

  1. coraclenoun

    A small, circular or oblong boat made of wickerwork and made watertight with hides or pitch, propelled and steered with a single paddle and light enough to be carried on a man's back.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Coraclenoun

    A boat used in Wales by fishers; made by drawing leather or oiled cloath upon a frame of wicker work.

    Etymology: cwrwgle, Welsh, probably from corium, leather, Lat.

Wikipedia

  1. Coracle

    A coracle is a small, rounded, lightweight boat of the sort traditionally used in Wales, and also in parts of the West Country and in Ireland, particularly the River Boyne, and in Scotland, particularly the River Spey. The word is also used of similar boats found in India, Vietnam, Iraq, and Tibet. The word coracle is an English spelling of the original Welsh cwrwgl, cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic currach, and is recorded in English text as early as the sixteenth century. Other historical English spellings include corougle, corracle, curricle and coricle.

ChatGPT

  1. coracle

    A coracle is a small, lightweight boat traditionally used in Wales, Ireland, and Scotland. It is typically made of woven grasses, reeds, or saplings covered in animal skins or waterproofed fabric and is propelled using a single paddle. The design of the coracle allows it to be manoeuvred easily but also makes it relatively unstable.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Coraclenoun

    a boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt

  2. Etymology: [W. corwgl, cwrwgl, fr. corwg, cwrwg, any round body or vessel, the trunk of the body, carcass.]

Wikidata

  1. Coracle

    The coracle is a small, lightweight boat of the sort traditionally used in Wales but also in parts of Western and South West England, Ireland, and Scotland; the word is also used of similar boats found in India, Vietnam, Iraq and Tibet. The word "coracle" comes from the Welsh cwrwgl, cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic currach, and is recorded in English as early as the sixteenth century. Other historical English spellings include corougle, corracle, curricle and coricle.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Coracle

    kor′a-kl, n. a small oval rowboat used in Wales, made of skins or oilcloth stretched on wickerwork. [W. corwglcorwg, anything round; Gael. curach, a wicker-boat.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. coracle

    An ancient British truckle or boat, constructed of wicker-work, and still in use amongst Welsh fishermen and on the Irish lakes. It is covered by skins, oil-cloth, &c., which are removed when out of use; it is of an oval form; contains one man, who, on reaching the shore, shoulders his coracle, deposits it in safety, and covers it with dried rushes or heather. The Arctic baidar is of similar construction. It is probably of the like primitive fabric with the cymba sutiles of Herodotus.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Coracle in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Coracle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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