PINNACE
tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter
(noun) a boat for communication between ship and shore
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pinnace (plural pinnaces)
(nautical) A light boat, traditionally propelled by sails, but sometimes a rowboat. Pinnaces are usually messenger boats, carrying messages among the larger ships of a fleet.
Source: Wiktionary
Pin"nace, n. Etym: [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.
Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs. Shak.
2. A procuress; a pimp. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition