• (n.) A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; -- called also pinkstern and chebec.
Che·bac'co noun [ From Chebacco , the former name of Essex, a town in Massachusetts where such vessels were built.] (Nautical) A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; -- called also pinkstern and chebec . Bartlett.