Definition of felucca Felucca

/fɪlʌˈkʌ/ - [filuku] - fe•luc•ca

We found 6 definitions of felucca from 6 different sources.

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What does felucca mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: feluccas

felucca - a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • felucca (Noun)
    A traditional wooden shallow draught sailing boat used in the Mediterranean and along the Nile in Egypt, its rig consisting of one or two lateen sails.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • felucca (n.)
    A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • felucca
    fe-luk′a, n. a class of small merchant-vessels, used in the Mediterranean, with two masts, lateen sails, and often a rudder at each end. [It. feluca, which, like Fr. felouque, is from Ar. fulk, a ship.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book

  • felucca
    (See LUNTRA.) A little vessel with six or eight oars, frequent in the Mediterranean; its helm may be applied in the head or stern, as occasion requires. Also, a narrow decked galley-built vessel in great use there, of one or two masts, and some have a small mizen; they carry lateen sails.

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