'Pinnace' definitions:

Definition of 'pinnace'

From: WordNet
noun
A boat for communication between ship and shore [syn: tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter]

Definition of 'Pinnace'

From: GCIDE
  • Pinnace \Pin"nace\, n. [F. pinasse; cf. It. pinassa, pinazza, Sp. pinaza; all from L. pinus a pine tree, anything made of pine, e.g., a ship. Cf. Pine a tree.]
  • 1. (Naut.) (a) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, spynace or spyne. (b) A man-of-war's boat. [1913 Webster]
  • Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A procuress; a pimp. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]