cocche

English translation: cogs

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Italian term or phrase:cocche
English translation:cogs
Entered by: Maria Burnett

15:28 Oct 22, 2022
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Ships, Sailing, Maritime / Venice/History
Italian term or phrase: cocche
A partire dal secolo XII si venne a costituire un’area industriale di grandi dimensioni nella estremità orientale della città: l’Arsenale, cioè i cantieri di stato (ma che lavoravano anche su commesse private) per la produzione di vari tipi di imbarcazioni, dalle galere armate per la guerra o per la scorta di flotte mercantili o il pattugliamento dell’Adriatico, alle grandi navi da trasporto, galeazze, cocche, navi tonde, galeoni
Maria Burnett
United States
Local time: 09:44
cogs
Explanation:
"Imbarcazioni e navi del Medioevo"
Nel Nord vennero adottate in particolare le sovrastrutture, mentre i costruttori del Sud svilupparono un tipo di nave che sarà nota con il nome di Cocca. Questo modello poi si diffuse dal Mediterraneo al Baltico con il nome di Cogghe. La carena della nave, che aveva uno scafo tondeggiante, si restringeva in ciascuna estremità.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cog_(ship)

https://tinyurl.com/359j6nyt
Chapter 2 "The Round Ships"
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JudyC
Italy
Local time: 15:44
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3 +5cogs
JudyC
3 +1“cocche” (large round vessels, sailing ships)
Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.


  

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“cocche” (large round vessels, sailing ships)


Explanation:
cocche = “cocche” (large round vessels, sailing ships) ... (large transport vessel)

Universal naval history, comprising the naval operations of the ...
According to Diodorus Siculus, one of the fleets numbered 400 sail. ... of the large round vessels then called cocche into the narrow passage of Chioggia, which connects the lagune with the sea, and mooring her athwart the channel, interrupted that communication. Attacked with fury by the enemy, this vessel went down on the spot, and the doge improved his advantage, by sinking loads of stones, until the passage become absolutely unnavigable. It was still possible for the Genoese fleet to follow the principal canal of the lagune towards Venice and the northern.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&cc=moa&...

The merchant fleet - Venice and its lagoons
Large transport vessel. ... of Venice's trade, sailed freely across the waters on large, round sailing ships called “cocche” with mean capacity of 370 tons.
https://www.venicethefuture.com/schede/uk/165-aliusid=165.ht...


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navi rotonde mercantili (cocche) - https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/le-frontiere-navali_(St...

"cocche" (Venetian round merchant vessels or ships)

Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
Austria
Local time: 15:44
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  tradu-grace: OK 1st option https://www.venicethefuture.com/schede/uk/165-aliusid=165.ht...
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cogs


Explanation:
"Imbarcazioni e navi del Medioevo"
Nel Nord vennero adottate in particolare le sovrastrutture, mentre i costruttori del Sud svilupparono un tipo di nave che sarà nota con il nome di Cocca. Questo modello poi si diffuse dal Mediterraneo al Baltico con il nome di Cogghe. La carena della nave, che aveva uno scafo tondeggiante, si restringeva in ciascuna estremità.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cog_(ship)

https://tinyurl.com/359j6nyt
Chapter 2 "The Round Ships"

JudyC
Italy
Local time: 15:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Emmanuella: https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/cocca2/
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