xebec

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

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  1. noun A small three-masted Mediterranean vessel with both square and lateen sails.

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  1. French chebec, probably from Catalan xabec, from Arabic šabbāk, from šabaka, to entwine, fasten; see śbk in Semitic roots.

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  1. Also sometimes zebec, zebeck, shebec, shebeck; = French chebec = Sp.jabeque = Portuguese chaveco, xaveco = Italian sciabecco, also zambecco; said to be from Turkish sumbeki; cf. Persian Arabic sumbuk, a small vessel.
 

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/ˈzibɛk/
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