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What is a pinnace?

What is a pinnace? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) A light boat, traditionally propelled by sails, but may also be a rowboat. Pinnaces are usually messenger boats, carrying messages among the larger ships of a fleet.
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Canoë Évasion invites you to discover the Loire Valley thanks to a convivial nautical activity: the canoe, the pinnace and the kayak.
I was helping to get out the pinnace, and there is a mort of dust and dirt about her.
And what all eyes were now intent on was her pinnace, as she covered the distance between us.
The pinnace was then stripped of her rigging and of all the goods which remained.
On June 9, 1873, Wyville Thomson and a party of the Scientifics and officers left the ship early in the morning aboard the steam pinnace.
The cruisers and two pinnaces remained behind while Hillary's pinnace fled with another.

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