noun
Origin: altered (infl. by Sp form) < earlier chebec < Fr chébec < It sciabecco, prob. via Sp xabeque (now jabeque) < Ar shabbāk, a small warship
See xebec in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also ze·bec or ze·beck
nounOrigin:
Origin: French chebec
Origin: , probably from Catalan xabec
Origin: , from Arabic šabbāk
Origin: , from šabaka, to entwine, fasten; see śbk in Semitic roots
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