xe·bec also ze·bec or ze·beck 
(zēbĕk′)
(zēbĕk′)n.
A small three-masted Mediterranean vessel with both square and lateen sails.
[French chebec, probably from Catalan xabec, from Arabic šabbāk, from šabaka, to entwine, fasten; see śbk in the Appendix of Semitic roots.]