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English
Etymology
cockle + shell
Noun
cockleshell (plural cockleshells)
- The shell of a cockle (or similar shell).
1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 203:The moment land had disappeared, the great canoe seemed no larger than a cockleshell; the waves lapped dangerously near to the tops of the gunwales, all but toppling into the canoe; and that is the curious thing about Polynesian canoes: the water always laps just to the tops of the gunwales, no matter whether the canoe is shallow or deep, whether empty or heavily laden.
- A small, flimsy boat.