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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

xebec

/zee-bek/US // ˈzi bɛk //UK // (ˈziːbɛk) //

Xebec

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small, three-masted vessel of the Mediterranean, formerly much used by corsairs, now employed to some extent in commerce.

Examples

  • Every time one of her boats rowed past the xebec it would be challenged and ugly things said.

  • The next morning Decatur had himself rowed over to the xebec, and went on board.

  • The small cannon of the xebec had been dismounted, but they hastily tied them with ropes.

  • The first broadside from the ship's cannons kills five men on the deck of the xebec, among them the father of Riquer.

  • And the end of it was he never againIn a Xanthic Xebec went sailing the main.

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