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† palander Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈpæləndə(r)|
Also 6 palandre, 7 palendar; pl. 6 palandrie, 7 palandarie.
[app. ad. It. palandra, palandaria (Florio), ‘a kind of flat bottomed Barges or Ships vsed in time of war to transport Horses’, etc., Sp. palandre, 16th c. F. palandrie, med.L. (14th c.) palandaria (Jal). Origin unascertained.]
1. A flat-bottomed transport vessel used esp. (by the Turks) for transporting horses.
1572in Hakluyt Voy. II. i. 122 margin, Palandrie be great flat vessels made like Feriboats to transport horse. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks 671 Solyman had by night sent over certaine troupes of light horsemen, in great palendars. 1658Earl of Monmouth tr. Paruta's Wars Cyprus 44 About fifty Palandarie, which are made like small Gallies,..much covered, containing about a hundred Horse a peece. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. lx, The chargers..were embarked in the flat palanders. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. ix. vii, They [the Venetians] would furnish palanders and flat vessels to transport 4500 horses.
2. A fire-ship; and in 17th c. a bomb-ketch.
1562J. Shute Cambini's Turk. Wars 34 b, They tawed the palandre after them at y⊇ sterme of some of their galleys. 1693Lond. Gaz. No. 2861/1 They [the French]..could not..bring on their Palanders, or Fireships, to make any attempt upon the Spanish Ships. Ibid. No. 2878/2, 4 Ketches or Palanders carrying Mortar Pieces. |