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Definition of Cockleshell
1. Noun. A small light flimsy boat.
Definition of Cockleshell
1. n. One of the shells or valves of a cockle.
Definition of Cockleshell
1. Noun. The shell of a cockle (or similar shell) ¹
2. Noun. A small, flimsy boat ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cockleshell
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockleshell
Literary usage of Cockleshell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Destruction of a Planet: Zionism Is Racism by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1991)
"cockleshell WARSHIPS' Sanborn noted that “on December 1, 1941, Mr. Roosevelt very
secretly issued the needless order to send the cockleshell warships to ..."
2. The Angler in Wales: Or, Days and Nights of Sportsmen by Thomas Medwin (1834)
"Lac Leman—A cockleshell Boat—Byron and Shelley.—Evenings at Diodati.—Byron.—Society
of Venice.—English Abroad. IF I were to issue a bulletin of Vixen's ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1879)
"Slowly the little island displays itself as you are rocked along in the cockleshell,
and Stege, its principal town, demands instant and absorbing attention ..."
4. Best Dives of the Caribbean by Joyce Huber (2006)
"cockleshell & Banana Bays are one bay south of Turtle Beach. ... Park next to it
and walk toward the old cockleshell Hotel (devastated by Hurricane Hugo) on ..."
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