felucca

fe·luc·ca

F0074900 (fə-lo͞o′kə, -lŭk′ə)n. A narrow, swift, lateen-rigged sailing vessel of a type traditionally used on the Nile and in the Mediterranean Sea.

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[Italian feluca, from Arabic falūka, sloop, from Greek epholkion, small boat towed after a ship, from ephelkein, to tow : ep-, epi-, epi- + helkein, to drag, pull.]

felucca

(fɛˈlʌkə) n (Nautical Terms) a narrow lateen-rigged vessel of the Mediterranean[C17: from Italian felucca, probably from obsolete Spanish faluca, probably from Arabic fulūk ships, from Greek epholkion small boat, from ephelkein to tow]

fe•luc•ca

(fəˈlʌk ə, -ˈlu kə)

n., pl. -cas. a sailing vessel, lateen-rigged on two masts, used in the Mediterranean Sea and along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts. [1620–30; earlier falluca < Sp faluca, earlier variant of falúa, perhaps < Catalan faluga < Arabic falūwah small cargo ship]

Thesaurus

Noun

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felucca - a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterraneansailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts

Translations

φελούκα