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Definition of Coracles
1. coracle [n] - See also: coracle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coracles
Literary usage of Coracles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"coracles. THE coracles are still used in some parts of Wales.1 " They arc generally
5$ feet long, and 4 broad ; their bottom is a little rounded, ..."
2. Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar by Thomas Rice Holmes (1907)
"The only British vessels, however, which are expressly mentioned by our authorities
were light coracles of lath covered with ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"coracles — The osier-woven, skin- covered basket of the Ancient Britons still
survives on the Welsh rivers, more particularly on the Dee, in the shape of ..."
4. A History of British Fishes by William Yarrell (1841)
"... of a walnut-shell, is so light and portable that the fisherman carries it to
and from the water on his back. These coracles,* so called, it is said, ..."
5. Roman Britain by John William Edward Conybeare (1903)
"... routes—Ingots—coracles—Earliest British coins—-Leadmining. D. i.—But contemporary
with Aristotle lived the great geographer Pytheas; whose works, ..."
6. The Romance of Savage Life: Describing the Life of Primitive Man, His by George Francis Scott Elliot (1908)
"... OF WATER Curious boats—coracles of Wales and Tibet—Euphrates crossed on a
goatskin—Eskimo canoes—Earthenware jars as boats—Reeds used as canoes—Bark for ..."
7. Esperanza; or, The home of the wanderers by Anne Bowman (1855)
"The coracles of the Indians. The Breach in the Caves. The Battle of Jack and the
Condor. The Spectre in the Cave. The Happy Meeting. ..."
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