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What (who) is coracle - definition
SMALL, ROUNDISH SHAPED LIGHTWEIGHT BOAT
Skinboat; Coracles; Parisal; Theppa; Teppas; Indian coracles; Coracles of India; Indian Coracles; Parical; Hide boats of India; Corougle; Corracle; Coricle; Indian coracle; Basket boat
![Britons with coracles – from Cassell's History of England, Vol. I, 1909<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48451/48451-h/48451-h.htm#Page_12 [[Project Gutenberg]]. Accessed 21 February 2023]</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Britons with coracles - from Cassell's History of England, Vol. I - anonymous author and artists.jpg?width=200 "Britons with coracles – from Cassell's History of England, Vol. I, 1909<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48451/48451-h/48451-h.htm#Page_12 [[Project Gutenberg]]. Accessed 21 February 2023]</ref>")
![Coracle on the [[River Severn]] near [[Ironbridge]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coracle Aug2002.jpg?width=200 "Coracle on the [[River Severn]] near [[Ironbridge]]")
Coracle
·noun 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.
coracle
(coracles)
In former times, a coracle was a simple round rowing boat made of woven sticks covered with animal skins.
N-COUNT
coracle
['k?r?k(?)l]
¦ noun (especially in Wales and Ireland) a small round boat made of wickerwork covered with a watertight material, propelled with a paddle.
Origin
C16: from Welsh corwgl, cwrwgl, related to Sc. Gaelic and Ir. curach 'small boat'; cf. currach.
Wikipedia
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.
Examples of use of coracle
1. There were destroyers, frigates, aircraft carriers and warships from Japan to Estonia assembled in the Solent in a brisk southwesterly wind, but alongside them churned tugs, gin palaces, square riggers, yachts, dredgers, tall ships, the surviving little ships of Dunkirk, a coracle and countless pleasure boats.