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Felucca   /fɪlˈəkə/   Listen
Felucca

noun
1.
A fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean.





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"Felucca" Quotes from Famous Books



... thought that victory was assured, a twelve-gun felucca and two more gun-boats arrived from Valencia to assist the fort. This reinforcement inspired the Spaniards with fresh spirit, and their cannonade against us again became very heavy. We turned our attention entirely ...
— With Cochrane the Dauntless • George Alfred Henty
... before an English court for the assault. His passion for revenge was even more determined than his admiration for the "houri," as he called the maiden. He had followed the ship to Constantinople, engaged a felucca and a ruffian, assisted by a French detective, to capture the fair girl, as the story has already informed the ...
— Asiatic Breezes - Students on The Wing • Oliver Optic
... good stout boat, decked in the bows and amidships, but open in the stern. She carried one mast, and was rigged between a felucca and a lugger. It would seem that Skipper Arblaster had made an excellent venture, for the hold was full of pieces of French wine; and in the little cabin, besides the Virgin Mary in the bulkhead which proved the captain's ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson


Words linked to "Felucca" :   sailing ship, sailing vessel


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