pinnace

A light boat propelled by sails or oars, formerly used as a tender for merchant and war vessels.

Any of various kinds of ship’s boats.

Nautical: A small vessel, generally with two masts rigged like those of a schooner, and capable of being propelled by oars; a galley: so called because built of pine wood; poetically, any light sailing-vessel.

A large double-banked ship’s boat.

A procuress; a prostitute.

A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; — called originally, spynace or spyne.

A man-of-war’s boat.

A procuress; a pimp.

A light boat, traditionally propelled by sails, but may also be a rowboat. Pinnaces are usually messenger boats, carrying messages among the larger ships of a fleet.