Look up: Xebec

1. Xebec
   Naval A fast lateen-rigged sailing craft indigenous to the Mediterranean Sea in the XIX century. This word, comes from the fact that only the best hands in a sailing ship were employed aloft in the rigging: the others were employed in the waist of the ship. Thus the name 'waister' came to be ...
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2. Xebec
   Xe'bec (zē'bĕk) noun [ Spanish jabegue , formerly spelt xabeque , or Portuguese xabeco ; both from Turk. sumbeki a kind of Asiatic ship; confer Persian sumbuk , Arabic sumbūk a small ship.]...
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3. xebec
   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. ... Origin: Sp. Jabegue, formerly spelt xabeque, or Pg. Xabeco; both from Tur...
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4. Xebec
   • (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.
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5. Xebec
   A xebec (or chebeck) is a small, sharp-built three-masted vessel usually with lateen sails that originated in the western Mediterranean during the 17th century. They were used for coasting voyages in the Mediterranean and on the ocean coasts of Spain and Portugal, and were often armed and used to ra...
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