noun
- the shells of cockles, small edible marine bivalve mollusks
- small, light boats that are considered fragile or unseaworthy
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The children collected cockleshells along the beach during low tide.
- She decorated the picture frame with small cockleshells and sea glass.
- The fisherman gathered cockleshells to use as bait for larger fish.
- The craft project required painting cockleshells in bright colors.
- He dismissed the small fishing boats as mere cockleshells in the rough seas.
- The harbor was filled with cockleshells that wouldn’t survive a real storm.