xebec
/zee-bek/US // ˈzi bɛk //UK // (ˈziːbɛk) //
Xebec
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a small, three-masted vessel of the Mediterranean, formerly much used by corsairs, now employed to some extent in commerce.
Examples
Every time one of her boats rowed past the xebec it would be challenged and ugly things said.
The next morning Decatur had himself rowed over to the xebec, and went on board.
The small cannon of the xebec had been dismounted, but they hastily tied them with ropes.
The first broadside from the ship's cannons kills five men on the deck of the xebec, among them the father of Riquer.
And the end of it was he never againIn a Xanthic Xebec went sailing the main.
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