English
Alternative spellings
Zebec
Zebeck
Etymology
Either from French chébec, from Spanish xabeque (modern jabeque) or Catalan xabec, ultimately from Arabic ARchar|شبا�|شب�ا� (šabb�k) �small warship, fishing boat�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/'zi:b�k/
Noun
en-noun
- A small, three-masted Mediterranean transport ship
#*1963: Winter. The green xebec whose figurehead was wikipedia : astarte |Astarte, goddess of sexual love, tacked slowly into the Grand Harbour. � Thomas Pynchon, V.
- A name of a Japanese anime studio
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