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.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)