caïque

Variant of caique

caique definition

ca·ique or caïque ca·ïque′ (kä ēk′)

noun

  1. a light rowboat used on the Bosporus
  2. a kind of sailboat used esp. in the eastern Mediterranean

Etymology: Fr < It caicco < Turk qayiq

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