feluccan.

Brit.

/fɛˈlʌkə/,

/fᵻˈlʌkə/, U.S.

/fəˈlukə/

Forms: 1600s faluke, feluke, feluque, feleucca, filucca, 1600s–1700s falucca, (1600s falluca, fallocque), 1600s phalucco, 1700s felouca, 1700s–1800s feluca, 1800s felouk, felucco, 1600s– felucca.

Etymology: < Italian felu(c)ca, French felouque, Spanish faluca, Portuguese falua, modern Arabic falūkah, also fulaikah. Devic considers it to be of Arabic formation, cognate with Arabic fulk ship, < root falaka to be round.

A small vessel propelled by oars or lateen sails, or both, used, chiefly in the Mediterranean, for coasting voyages.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > vessels propelled by oars and sails > Mediterranean

felucca1615

speronara1783

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 227 A Phalucco arriueth at the place.

1655 Theophania 2 The chief Lord of the place..entred into a Fallocque that waited for him.

a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 79 I sent out my pinnace and a falluca.

a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) i. xvi. 38 Brancaccio..fled in a felucca [a boat about as big as a Gravesend barge, J.B.] towards Rome.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 279 The Felucca..landed them privately at Cape Zafran.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Boat A felucca is a strong passage-boat used in the Mediterranean, from ten to sixteen banks of oars.

1799 Ld. Nelson Lett. (1814) II. 194 I have been with Acton to get a felucca, to send Ball's dispatch to you.

1879 A. Brassey Sunshine & Storm in East ii. 19 Some officers..had started at night in a felucca.

Derivatives

feˈlucca v. to put on board a felucca.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > [verb (reflexive)] > embark or take ship > on specific type of craft

felucca1728

1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 146 He again felucca'd himself; and they saw him no more till [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	felucca
释义	feluccan. Brit. /fɛˈlʌkə/, /fᵻˈlʌkə/, U.S. /fəˈlukə/ Forms: 1600s faluke, feluke, feluque, feleucca, filucca, 1600s–1700s falucca, (1600s falluca, fallocque), 1600s phalucco, 1700s felouca, 1700s–1800s feluca, 1800s felouk, felucco, 1600s– felucca. Etymology: < Italian felu(c)ca, French felouque, Spanish faluca, Portuguese falua, modern Arabic falūkah, also fulaikah. Devic considers it to be of Arabic formation, cognate with Arabic fulk ship, < root falaka to be round. A small vessel propelled by oars or lateen sails, or both, used, chiefly in the Mediterranean, for coasting voyages. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > vessels propelled by oars and sails > Mediterranean felucca1615 speronara1783 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 227 A Phalucco arriueth at the place. 1655 Theophania 2 The chief Lord of the place..entred into a Fallocque that waited for him. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 79 I sent out my pinnace and a falluca. a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) i. xvi. 38 Brancaccio..fled in a felucca [a boat about as big as a Gravesend barge, J.B.] towards Rome. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 279 The Felucca..landed them privately at Cape Zafran. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Boat A felucca is a strong passage-boat used in the Mediterranean, from ten to sixteen banks of oars. 1799 Ld. Nelson Lett. (1814) II. 194 I have been with Acton to get a felucca, to send Ball's dispatch to you. 1879 A. Brassey Sunshine & Storm in East ii. 19 Some officers..had started at night in a felucca. Derivatives feˈlucca v. to put on board a felucca. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (reflexive)] > embark or take ship > on specific type of craft felucca1728 1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 146 He again felucca'd himself; and they saw him no more till [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1615
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