Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A narrow, swift, lateen-rigged sailing vessel, such as that used on the Nile or in the Mediterranean Sea.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A long, narrow vessel, used in the Mediterranean, rigged with two lateen sails borne on masts which have an inclination forward, and capable of being propelled also by oars, of which it can carry from eight to twelve on each side.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A traditional wooden shallow draught sailing
boat used in the Mediterranean and along the Nile in Egypt, its rig consisting of one or twolateen sails.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I called the felucca ze Ving-and-Ving; and I called myself le Capitaine
The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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We boarded what he called his felucca — an outboard-powered scow that bore no resemblance to the slender vessels of the Nile — and pulled out of Essaouira’s small harbor, crossing bands of sea now deep blue, now luminous green.
Going Coastal 2006
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We boarded what he called his felucca — an outboard-powered scow that bore no resemblance to the slender vessels of the Nile — and pulled out of Essaouira’s small harbor, crossing bands of sea now deep blue, now luminous green.
Going Coastal 2006
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In the Sudan, even traveling up the Nile on a felucca was an adventure.
Midnight Sister Souljah 2008
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One thing that had inclined Ja particularly to the felucca was the fact that it included oars in its equip-ment.
Pellucidar Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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We call a felucca, a felucca; a bombarda, a bombarda; a polacre, a polacre; and a lugger, a lugger.
The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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The felucca has been the most popular vessel on the Nile for centuries and is still widely used today.
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These native boats are of several kinds, from the small "felucca," or open boat used for ferry or pleasure purposes, to the large "giassa," or cargo boat of the river.
Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt R. Talbot Kelly 1897
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April, 1700, set out for the Sioux country with twenty-five men, in a small vessel of the kind called a "felucca," still used in the Mediterranean.
A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II Francis Parkman 1858
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April, 1700, set out for the Sioux country with twenty-five men, in a small vessel of the kind called a "felucca," still used in the
A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America Francis Parkman 1858
chained_bear commented on the word felucca
"'I do not know just how we stand with the Turks. But the Admiral does. He has a whole cat's-cradle of strings in his hands -- you should see the feluccas and houarios and half-galleys that come aboard him -- and it would not be easy for any new man to pick them up...'"
—Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 100
February 13, 2008
bilby commented on the word felucca
Hasn't made one of those sounds-rude-but-isn't lists yet.
November 27, 2009
reesetee commented on the word felucca
Now it has. Thanks, bilby.
December 1, 2009