Coble
COBLE (probably of Celtic origin, and connected with the root ceu or cau, hollow; cf. Welsh ceubol, a ferry-boat), a flat-bottomed fishing-boat, with deep-lying rudder and lug-sail, used off the north-east coast of England.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
