xebec

名词 n.
/ˈziːbɛk/    /ˈzibɛk/|/zɪˈbɛk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern.
    — Fourteen Xebecks loaded with Ammunition, Cannon, and other warlike Stores from Majorca, bound to any Part of Italy, where they could be landed for the Uſe of the Spaniſh Army, having got ſafe to Genoa in the latter End of June, Admiral Mathews on board of the Namur, with the Barfleur, Norfolk, Princeſs Caroline, Ipſwich and Revenge went there, and concluded a Treaty; […]

词形变化

xebecs plural xebeck alternative,archaic chebeque alternative,archaic shebeck alternative,archaic zebec alternative zebeck alternative

词源

From French chebec, from Spanish xabeque or Catalan xabec or Italian sciabecco, from Arabic شُبَّاك (šubbāk, “fishing-net”). Not to confuse with the sambuq, an Indian-Sea vessel.
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