单词 | chebec |
释义 | chebecn. A small three-masted vessel, used in the Mediterranean, a xebec n.; it resembles the felucca, but is rigged with square besides lateen-sails. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > vessel with specific number of masts > types of vessel with three masts > Mediterranean three-masted vessels polacre1621 polacre ship1745 xebec1756 chebec1762 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. II. 262 It consists..of twenty-six men of war, thirteen frigates, two packet-boats, eight chebecks. 1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily & Malta I. xiii. 292 Three of their [sc. Turks'] chebecks ran into a small harbour..and carried off six merchant ships. 1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 158 Twelve chebecks, each of two 24-pounders. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Chebec, a kind of naval craft. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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