shallops

• Of these there were twenty-three classes comprised within the second-rates, exclusive of two unrated classes--namely, hulks and shallops or row-barges. —  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
• He gave orders to three shallops which were moored in the river to go out and take on board the provisions and troops which were on board the galleon. —  The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
• In this emergency, three shallops were filled with armed men, to sail for the protection of the chief magistrate, and ascertain the intentions of the French. —  The Rivals of Acadia An Old Story of the New World
• An equal silence prevailed on board the shallops, which were rowed in exact unison, while the men, who occupied them, sat erect and motionless as automatons, their fire-arms glancing in the bright sun-shine, and their eyes occasionally turning with defiance towards the supposed enemy Arthur Stanhope stood on the stern of the principal vessel, and beside him Mr. Gibbons, a young man, who watched the progress of the pleasure-boat with eager solicitude,--for it contained his mother and sisters. —  The Rivals of Acadia An Old Story of the New World
• But the formidable array of armed shallops, with the assemblage of people on shore, at length excited a suspicion of the truth, and he determined to follow the lady to her retreat, to explain the motives of his conduct. —  The Rivals of Acadia An Old Story of the New World

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