xebec
Meanings
noun
- A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern.
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Etymology
From French chebec, from Spanish xabeque or Catalan xabec or Italian sciabecco, from Arabic شُبَّاك (šubbāk, “fishing-net”). Not to confuse with the sambuq, an Indian-Sea vessel.
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