The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
pinkstern — chebacco boat (a fishing vessel employed in the Newfoundland fisheries. The word may be a corruption of Chedabucto, a bay in Nova Scotia, from which vessels are fitted out for fishing or the same as the chebec) … Dictionary of ichthyology
Chebacco — Che*bac co, n. [From Chebacco, the former name of Essex, a town in Massachusetts where such vessels were built.] (Naut.) A narrow sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; called also {pinkstern} and {chebec}. Bartlett. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chebec — Chebacco Che*bac co, n. [From Chebacco, the former name of Essex, a town in Massachusetts where such vessels were built.] (Naut.) A narrow sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; called also {pinkstern} and {chebec}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
