a narrow lateen-rigged vessel of the Mediterranean
Word origin
C17: from Italian felucca, probably from obsolete Spanish faluca, probably from Arabic fulūk ships, from Greek epholkion small boat, from ephelkein to tow
felucca in American English
(fəˈlʌkə)
noun
a small, narrow ship propelled by oars or lateen sails and used esp. in the Mediterranean
Word origin
< Sp < Ar falūka < ? Gr epholkion, small boat towed behind a ship