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    [Noun]  | "xe*bec" | \ ˈzē-ˌbek \


    1: a usually 3-masted Mediterranean sailing ship with long overhanging bow and stern


    Origin: 1756 ;

     Modification of French chebec, from Arabic shabbāk;

    [Noun]  | "xebec" 


    1: as in caravel, sloop;


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     [ "xebec" ]

    1: The Xebec was a Mediterranean sailing ship in the 17th and 18th century. The ship had three masts with a single triangular sail on each mast. It had a long narrow hull and were fitted with oars.

      * e.g.,  ... That's a nice looking xebec 


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    2: The name xebec comes from an Arabic word for 'small ship'

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