shiplet

English

Etymology

From ship +‎ -let.

Noun

shiplet (plural shiplets)

1. A little ship.
   • 1587, Raphael Holinshed, chapter 1.12, in Chronicles‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 September 2015:

     […] and so they go to the sea betwixt two hils, whereof that on the one side lieth out like an arme or cape, and maketh the fashion of an hauenet or peere, whither shiplets sometime doo resort for succour.

References

• “shiplet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.