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couta boat

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of fishing boat used in Victoria, Australia, until the 1950s, latterly reinvented as a recreational sailboat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

Examples

  • 1993, Australian Fisheries Division, Australian Fisheries, Volume 52, Issues 1-6, page 10, In those days, fishing was sailing mostly in a 24 four foot couta boat, hooking couta, flathead and rock cod.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From barracouta, a prized food fish.