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What does felucca mean?
WordNet
Noun
Plural: feluccas
felucca -
a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean
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Wiktionary
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.
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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