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xebec|ˈziːbɛk; also zɪˈbɛk|
Also 8–9 -eck, -eque, -ecque; β. 8–9 zebec(k, 9 zebecque. See also chebec.
[Altered form of chebec (F. chebec) after Sp. xabeque, now jabeque.]
A small three-masted (originally two-masted) vessel, commonly lateen-rigged but with some square sails, used in the Mediterranean, formerly as a ship of war, now as a merchant-ship.
1756Gentl. Mag. Aug. 409/2 Capt. Fortunatus Wright, of Liverpool, in the King George privateer off Leghorn, engaged a xebeck which had 280 men on board. 1760Ann. Reg., Chron. 148/2 An Algerine xebeque of 20 guns..was driven on shore near Penzance. 1762More in Phil. Trans. LII. 450 There came a Spanish xebeck from the West,..and..was becalmed. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780) s.v., The sails of the xebec are in general similar to those of the polacre, but the hull is extremely different... The extremity of the stern..projects further behind the counter and buttock than that of any European ship. 1794Rigging & Seamanship I. 237 Xebec. A small vessel with three masts, navigated in the mediterranean. The fore and main-masts are called block-masts, being short... The mizen-mast is fitted with a topmast, &c.,..and..has been lately added, to keep them better to the wind... The fore-mast rakes much forward. 1816Ann. Reg., Gen. Hist. 133/2 A large Tunisian xebeck..putting out two boats, gave a general chase. a1829I. Taylor Ship v. (1846) 118 The xebec very much resembles the galley in shape.., in its triangular sails and low masts. It is the corsair of the Algerines,..and mounts from sixteen to twenty-four guns. 1851Kipping Sailmaking (ed. 2) 158 The Spanish xebec has in general a lateen fore, with a square main-sail and mizen. 1884C. F. Woolson in Harper's Mag. Feb. 368/2 The coasting xebecs.
β1769Ann. Reg., Chron. 164/1 A large Algerine zebeck, of 30 guns and 300 men. 1839Marryat Phant. Ship xix, A three-masted zebecque. 1844Hood The Key iv, The last Zebeck that came And moor'd within the Mole.
attrib. and Comb.1780Capt. Knowles in Naval Chron. II. 518 Two Spanish Xebec Ships, polacre rigged. 1801Ld. Cochrane ibid. VI. 151 A Spanish xebeck frigate, of 32 guns. 1812Examiner 4 May 280/2 A French xebeck-rigged privateer, of two guns. |