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felucca

noun

Etymology

From Italian feluca, from Arabic فَلُوكَة (falūka).

  1. derived from فَلُوكَة
  2. borrowed from feluca

Definitions

  1. A traditional wooden shallow-draught sailing boat used in the Mediterranean and along the…

    A traditional wooden shallow-draught sailing boat used in the Mediterranean and along the Nile in Egypt, its rig consisting of one or two lateen sails.

    • "We are very fortunate, Senhora," said Alvarez, as soon as they were in the street; "there is a felucca on the point of sailing to Naples—I have secured a passage, but we must not lose a minute."
    • Shipping of every sort, from passenger liners to ferry steamers, tramps to tugs and trailing barges, feluccas to speedboats and yachts, from warships to caiques, chugs, hoots, glides or churns its way in all directions.
    • "The ghostly feluccas passing along the canal are crewed by ghouls with wrapped heads." Lawrence Durrell, Justine

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