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.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
