Results for Xebec

Definitions of Xebec:

part of speech: noun

A small three- masted vessel much used by the former corsairs of Algiers.

part of speech: noun

A small three- masted vessel used in the Mediterranean Sea.

part of speech: noun

A three- masted ship of the Mediterranean Sea; formerly used by Algerian pirates. Also, zebec.

Usage examples for Xebec:

• The shallowness of the river near Cairo obliged us to leave the xebec and get on board a djerm. "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton

• Our fugitive, with eighteen other white slaves, was put on board a xebec carrying eight six- pounders and sixty men, which, on the coast of Malta, encountered an armed vessel belonging to Genoa, and, after much bloodshed, was taken sword in hand. "White Slavery in the Barbary States", Charles Sumner

• " I thank you for my own part," replied I; " but in conscience could you have abandoned us, after taking away our horses, and making us go on board the xebec whether we would or not?" "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton

• Perree was on board the xebec 'Cerf'. "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton