pink

A ship with a very narrow stern, having a small square part above.

The shape is of old date, but continued, especially by the Danes, for the advantage of the quarter-guns, by the ship's being contracted abaft. Also, one of the many names for the minnow.

♦ To pink, to stab, as, between casks, to detect men stowed away.

The Sailor's Word-Book

← pingle × pinkstern →

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