tartane

• So, meeting Captain Wright, who had taken a Spanish tartane (a one-masted vessel) with four petereroes for stone shot, and some long guns, we that came overland desired him to fit up his prize and make a man-of-war of her for us. —  The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure
• Once at Algiers, he assured Madame de Bourke that she would have nothing to fear, as she would be under the protection of the French Consul; and she had no choice but to submit, though much concerned for the continued anxiety to her husband, as well as the long delay and uncertainty of finding him Still, when she perceived that it was inevitable, she complained no more, and the Dutchman went on with a certain bluff kindness--as one touched by her courtesy--to offer her the choice of remaining in the tartane or coming on board his larger vessel. —  A Modern Telemachus
• The sails both of the corsair and of the tartane were taken in, and it was plain that a rough night was to be expected. —  A Modern Telemachus
• From that city the tartane was now about a day's sail, having been driven to the eastward of it during the storm. —  A Modern Telemachus
• Perhaps the Grand Marabout did not wholly trust the Sunakite not to stir up the populace, for he would not take the recovered captives to his palace, avoided the city as much as possible, and took them down to the harbour, where, beside the old Roman quay, he caused his trusty attendant, Reverdi, to hire a boat to take them out to the French tartane--Reverdi himself going with them to ensure the fidelity of the boatmen. —  A Modern Telemachus

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