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zebeck

n. (alternative spelling of xebec English)

Usage examples of "zebeck".

Mermaid with her hold full of refugees, so he transferred his flag to a low sleek zebeck, the Sparrow, with lateen sails and seats for twenty oarsmen.

Favored by smugglers and corsairs, the zebeck had no half deck, and no great cabin and stem galley, just a lean-to tent on the quarter-deck for the captain and his demi-goddess.

Favored by smugglers and corsairs, the zebeck had no half deck, and no great cabin and stern galley, just a lean-to tent on the quarter-deck for the captain and his demi-goddess.

Two massive underwater chains kept oceangoing ships from using either channel without permission -- but the Sea Beggars had slid their galleys, barques, zebecks and row barges over the chains into the shelter of the sound.

Sea Beggars had slid their galleys, barques, zebecks and row barges over the chains into the shelter of the sound.

Two massive underwater chains kept oceangoing ships from using either channel without permission -- but the Sea Beggars had slid their galleys, barques, zebecks and row barges over the chains into the shelter of the sound.

Two massive underwater chains kept oceangoing ships from using either channel without permission—but the Sea Beggars had slid their galleys, barques, zebecks and row barges over the chains into the shelter of the sound.

Favored by smugglers and corsairs, the zebeck had no half deck, and no great cabin and stem galley, just a lean-to tent on the quarter-deck for the captain and his demi-goddess.