Xebec (noun)
zee-bek
A small three-masted Mediterranean sailing ship with lateen and square sails.
Mid 18th century: alteration (influenced by Spanish xabeque) of French chebec, via Italian from Arabic šabbāk.
Example sentences
“The xebecs outmanoeuvred the British vessels without problems.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
