Polacre (noun) (historic)
pol-ayk-r
A sailing vessel with three (or occasionally two) masts which are formed from a single spar.
Early 17th century. Origin uncertain, with regard to both immediate etymon and ultimate source.
Example sentences
“They sailed in on the polacre at the docks.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
