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xebec

(zē′bek)

noun

a small, three-masted ship having an overhanging bow and stern and both square and lateen sails: once common in the Mediterranean

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

noun

A small three-masted Mediterranean vessel with both square and lateen sails.

Origin:

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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