Xebec Definition
zēbek
noun
A small, three-masted ship having an overhanging bow and stern and using both square and lateen sails: once common in the Mediterranean.
Webster's New World
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xebecsOrigin of Xebec
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Either from French chébec, from Spanish xabeque (modern jabeque) or Catalan xabec, ultimately from Arabic شبّاك (Å¡abbāk, “small warship, fishing boat").
From Wiktionary
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French chebec probably from Catalan xabec from Arabic šabbāk from šabaka to entwine, fasten śbk in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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