zabran.
/ˈθabra//ˈzɑːbrə/ A small vessel used off the coasts of Spain and Portugal.
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1523 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 118 That the Emperour..do sende also 2 zabres of the portage of 30 or 40 ton a pece.
1588 D. Archdeacon tr. True Disc. Armie King of Spaine 19 The Zabra Augusta, of 166 tunnes.
1589 R. Greene Spanish Masquerado sig. D2v Of Gallions, Hulkes, Pataches, Zabres, Galeasses, and Gallies 130.
1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. H4 Our Galeons, Galeasses, Zabraes, Gallies.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands II. xix. 507 Of the tenders and zabras, seventeen were lost.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Zumbra, a Spanish skiff or yawl.
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