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cor·a·cle

(kôr′ə-kəl, kŏr′-)

A small rounded boat made of waterproof material stretched over a wicker or wooden frame.

[Welsh corwgl, from corwg, from Middle Welsh corwc; akin to Old Irish curach, currach.]

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coracle

(ˈkɒrəkəl)

(Nautical Terms) a small roundish boat made of waterproofed hides stretched over a wicker frame

[C16: from Welsh corwgl; related to Irish curach boat]

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cor•a•cle

(ˈkɔr ə kəl, ˈkɒr-)

n.

a small, round boat made of wickerwork or laths covered with a waterproofed layer of animal skin or fabric: used in Wales, Ireland, and parts of western England.

[1540–50; < Welsh corwgl, corwg; akin to Irish curach boat; see currach]

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Noun

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

small boat - a boat that is small

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coracle

[ˈkɒrəkl] N → barquilla f de cuero

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coracle

[ˈkɒrək^əl] n (= boat) → coracle m

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And all the river down to Staines is dotted with small craft and boats and tiny coracles - which last are growing out of favour now, and are used only by the poorer folk.

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On these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles

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I had not then seen a coracle, such as the ancient Britons made, but I have seen one since, and I can give you no fairer idea of Ben Gunn's boat than by saying it was like the first and the worst coracle ever made by man.

And when, at last, I shouldered the coracle and groped my way stumblingly out of the hollow where I had supped, there were but two points visible on the whole anchorage.

The ebb had already run some time, and I had to wade through a long belt of swampy sand, where I sank several times above the ankle, before I came to the edge of the retreating water, and wading a little way in, with some strength and dexterity, set my coracle, keel downwards, on the surface.

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And that night, the moon being full, and all the birds asleep, he did enter his coracle (as Master Francis Pretty would have said) and depart out of the island.

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Besides art, the show aims to educate visitors about the life of the Towy river - the exhibition includes coracles and nets loaned by local coracle fishermen.

Rivers, rocks and ruins; The eighth instalment of Art at the Hall in the Temperance Hall, Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, draws inspiration from the landscape of Wales, writes Jenny White

A LOTTERY grant breakthrough will help a heritage project to celebrate the coracles of Ironbridge.

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Two coracles operate at any one time with a 40ft net stretched out in a semi-circle between them.

The river fisherman looking for someone to learn his dying craft; Coracle fishing, which dates back to Roman times, has its own language but is dying out in Wales

AUGUST 31: Coracles are traditional round fishing boats that have been made in Britain since Roman times.

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FROM fly fishing and lave nets, to seaweed beer and coracles on the ponds, there's plenty to see at St Fagans National History Museum's Fishing Weekend tomorrow and Sunday.