English Explanatory Dictionary

polacre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A 17th-century three-masted merchant ship.

Word forms

polacre polacres polacca

Etymology

Uncertain; from either French polacre (“Pole, Polish”) or Italian polacca (“Polish woman, Polish (feminine adj)”).

Related words

xebec
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