Type of Mediterranean sailing ship.
Sinònims
Examples for "xebec"
Examples for "xebec"
1When the xebec's fires died down, darkness settled on us like a cap.
2While it lasted, no boat could push out from the xebec without our perceiving it.
3He had received a wound in the right hand, when on board the xebec 'Cerf'.
4I fancy the xebec is the fastest, sir.
5The xebec, no doubt, is a coast trader.
1There was still time before the chebeck's crew discovered what was happening.
2The nearest chebeck seemed to stagger, as if it had struck a reef.
3Another chebeck, perhaps two, were using the change of wind which had delayed his attack.
4The same man who had helped to blow up a chebeck with his bare hands.
5And then he saw the chebeck.