coracle
Example Sentences
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The mayor of Carmarthen automatically takes up the ancient role of Admiral of the Port and Sparks said it "breaks his heart" that his time in the role may see the end of coracle fishing.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Coracles had plied the Mesopotamian waterways since time immemorial, transporting man and animal in perfect safety, for whatever happened in a coracle it would never sink.
From Time ● Mar. 27, 2014
This interest in linking past and present filtered into her research: she went on archaeological digs and hand-made a coracle of the type her characters would have used.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2010
“A kayak is not a galleon, ark, coracle or speedboat,” read the motto printed with each issue.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2010
The most valuable moveable inside were not worth carrying away; and outside is but the coracle standing in a lean-to shed, propped up by its paddle.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid
