Coracles are sometimes used for ferrying—also punts.
It was easy now to understand how she had recognized that rock tunnel through which the little coracle had been paddled.
The cattle slept in the fields, the fishermen slept in their coracles.
The current was bearing coracle and schooner southward at an equal rate.
There is a fishing coracle coming alongside of us, my master, said he, "with two fishermen in her."
Examplesofcoracle
coracle
I received a petition against the by-laws from certaincoraclefishermen.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I agree about the importance ofcoraclefishing on the river.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Is there any indication of when the river fishing might return to normal, includingcoraclefishing?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
After all, thesecoraclefishermen have to pay for licences.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Thecoracle, of course, is something we usually associate with our early history.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He could never tempt me into acoracle.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Foremost is the fact that thecoraclefishermen earn their living, or at least a great proportion of it, bycoraclefishing.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
People from all over the world come to see thiscoraclefishing going on in exactly the same way as it has done for so many centuries.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The fleet says that if its size is reduced too often, it will have to put to sea in coracles, which is not what any of us would wish.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Coraclenetting in this part of the river is prohibited except by persons who held licences in both of the years 1931 and 1932.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Coracles are primitive, light, bowl-shaped boats with a frame of woven grasses, reeds, or saplings covered with hides.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The various challenges are attempted mainly because it's a challenge, a challenge for me and a challenge for thecoracle.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The coracles are about 2.24 m in diameter, but still can take a load of eight persons at a time.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Many coracles are so light and portable that they can easily be carried on the fisherman's shoulders.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Since the construction of a bridge in 1944, the practice of transporting men and goods by coracles has greatly diminished.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.