pinnace

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From the shore came eight pinnaces, carrying eight captains, all in full dress uniform, who were piped aboard the Eagle with traditional honor.

From Time Magazine Archive

When they returned to the coast where the pinnaces should have met them, they were not to be seen, but in place, seven Spanish pinnaces which had been searching the coast.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

Instead, seven Spanish pinnaces were observed rowing from the island, where the maroons had been ordered to shelter with Richard Doble.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert

It was four days since they had left it; the pinnaces should have been there awaiting them; but not a sign of them met their hungry eyes.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert

The royal navy consisted but of twenty-eight sail, many of them of small size, and indeed for the most part deserving the name of pinnaces rather than ships.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry