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▪ I. ‖ zabra|ˈθabra, ˈzɑːbrə|
Also 6 zabre, azabra, 9 zumbra.
[Sp.]
A small vessel used off the coasts of Spain and Portugal.
1523Wolsey in St. Papers Hen. VIII, VI. 118 That the Emperour..do sende also 2 zabres of the portage of 30 or 40 ton a pece. 1588D. Archdeacon tr. True Disc. Army K. Spain 19 The Zabra Augusta, of 166 tunnes. 1589Greene Span. Masq. Wks. (Grosart) V. 274 Of Gallions, Hulkes, Pataches, Zabres, Galeasses, and Gallies 130. 1607Dekker Whore Bab. H 4, Our Galeons, Galeasses, Zabraes, Gallies. 1860Motley Netherl. xix. II. 507 Of the tenders and zabras, seventeen were lost. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Zumbra, a Spanish skiff or yawl.
▪ II. zabra
obs. form of zebra. |