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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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I was helping to get out the pinnace, and there is a mort of dust and dirt about her.
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.
To make the journey northward, Quinn believed that they used the pinnace and other small boats to transport themselves and their belongings.
The pinnace was then stripped of her rigging and of all the goods which remained.
Later in the afternoon it was observed that Hornigold's pinnace was not in the harbor.
The Macaw's cannons unleashed a salvo that pummeled the pinnace.

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