The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Smack

Sea Terms

A small fishing or trading vessel, sloop or cutter rigged.

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2026 Editor's Note: The fishing smack lives on in heritage fleets — Essex and Cornish smacks still race annually — and on seafood-restaurant signs that borrowed the word's salty ring. See smack. (Ed: BR 2026-07-10)

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