Xebec

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small three-masted Mediterranean vessel with both square and lateen sails.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small, three-masted Mediterranean transport ship
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small three-masted vessel, with projecting bow stern and convex decks, used in the Mediterranean for transporting merchandise, etc. It carries large square sails, or both. Xebecs were formerly armed and used by corsairs.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small three-masted vessel, formerly much used by the Algerine corsairs, and now in use to some extent in Mediterranean commerce.
    • Word Usage
    "He was the master of a small three-masted vessel called a xebec, armed for privateering, the _San Antonio_, manned by Ivizans, engaged in constant strife with the galliots of the Algerian Moors and with the ships of England, the enemy of Spain."
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