Shiplet
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A little ship.
"[…] and so they go to the sea betwixt two hils, whereof that on the one side lieth out like an arme or cape, and maketh the fashion of an hauenet or peere, whither shiplets sometime doo resort for succour."
Example
More examples"[…] and so they go to the sea betwixt two hils, whereof that on the one side lieth out like an arme or cape, and maketh the fashion of an hauenet or peere, whither shiplets sometime doo resort for succour."
Etymology
From ship + -let.
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