Definitions For Xebec

Noun

XEBEC (plural XEBECs) A small two-mast#noun, masted, and later three-masted, mediterranean transport ship#noun, ship with an overhanging#adjective, overhanging bow#noun, bow and stern#noun, stern. from mid 18th c.

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, xebeck, chebeque, shebeck}} {{qualifier, archaic}} {{alter, en, zebec, zebeck}}

Translations

Bulgarian: шебек Catalan: xabec, m Czech: šebeka Dutch: xebec French: chebec, m, chebek, m German: Chebeke, f, Schebecke, f Greek: σεμπέκο Hungarian: chebek Italian: sciabecco, m Japanese: ジーベック Korean: 지벡 Norwegian: : Bokmål: sjebek : Nynorsk: sjebek Occitan: chebèc, m Polish: szebeka Portuguese: xaveco, m Russian: шебе́ка Serbo-Croatian: šebek, m, šambek, m Spanish: jabeque, m Swedish: chebeck, c, schebeck, c Ukrainian: шебе́ка

Etymology

n pirate#noun, pirates by w:no:christian børs (sjømann), christian børs, a sailor from bergen, norway, who was taken prisoner in Algeria]] From {{der, en, fr, chebec}}, from {{der, en, es, jabeque, xabeque}} or {{der, en, ca, xabec}} or {{der, en, it, sciabecco}}, from {{der, en, ar, شُبَّاك, t=fishing-net}}. Not to confuse with the sambuq, an indian ocean, indian-sea vessel.