coracle

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Of Celtic origin; related to Welsh corwg, Irish curach (“boat”) and Cornish gorhel (“ship”), from Proto-Celtic *kurukos (“boat”).

THE CRUISE OF THE CORACLE ........ — Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
On these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles. — Peter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy], J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
You see, Lewis had the skin-boat coracle in mind before he left Washington. — The Young Alaskans on the Missouri, Emerson Hough

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