cockleshell

• Substantivo que designa um pequeno barco leve e frágil, frequentemente usado em contexto poético ou histórico; também pode se referir à concha do berbigão.

A noun referring to a small, light, and flimsy boat, often used in a poetic or historical context.

1. Small light boatC1formalbritish

   A small, light, and often flimsy boat, typically used for short trips or in calm waters.

   Barquinho frágil

   • They crossed the river in a tiny cockleshell.
   • The fisherman rowed his cockleshell out to sea.
   • The storm would have easily capsized such a cockleshell.

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