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Definition of Felucca
1. Noun. A fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean.
Definition of Felucca
1. n. A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean.
Definition of Felucca
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Felucca
1. a swift sailing vessel [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Felucca
Literary usage of Felucca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1849)
"THE felucca AGAIN.—The felucca, which we briefly noticed in another article, has
given the most incontestable evidence of her character and object. ..."
2. The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with (1845)
"In the first volley from the felucca the rim of Lieut. ... There are about seventy
men on board this felucca ; and the crew of a prize captured a short time ..."
3. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... which consisted of one felucca, pierced for fourteen guns, having one
eighteen-pounder and twelve blunderbusses on board; a schooner pierced for twelve ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1818)
"A felucca, belonging to Petro la Camera, having several passengers on board, had
set out from Melazzo for this city. Scarcely had it left the harbour, ..."
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