English-Thai Dictionary
felucca
N เรือใบ เล็ก ใช้ แล่น ใน แม่น้ำ ไน ล์ และ มหาสมุทร เมดิเตอร์เรเนียน ruea-bai-lek-chai-laen-nai-mae-nam-nai-lae-ma-ha-sa-mud-me-di-tor-re-nian
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FELUCCA
n. A boat or vessel, with oars and lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean. It has this peculiarity, that the helm may be applied to the head or stern, as occasion requires.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FELUCCA
Fe *luc "ca (, n. Etym: [It. feluca (cf. Sp. faluca, Pg. falua ), fr. Ar. fulk ship, or harraqah a sort of ship. ] (Naut. )
Defn: A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean.
Note: Sometimes it is constructed so that the helm may be used at either end.
New American Oxford Dictionary
felucca
fe luc ca |fəˈlo͞okə, -ˈləkə fəˈlukə | ▶noun a small vessel propelled by oars or lateen sails or both, used on the Nile and formerly more widely in the Mediterranean region. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Italian feluc (c )a, probably from obsolete Spanish faluca, from Arabic fulk ‘ship, ’ probably from Greek epholkion ‘(towed ) boat. ’
Oxford Dictionary
felucca
felucca |fɛˈlʌkə | ▶noun a small boat propelled by oars or lateen sails or both, used on the Nile and formerly more widely in the Mediterranean region. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Italian feluc (c )a, probably from obsolete Spanish faluca, of Arabic origin.
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