caïque
or ca·ique
a single-masted sailing vessel used on the eastern Mediterranean Sea, having a sprit mainsail, a square topsail, and two or more other sails.
a long, narrow rowboat used on the Bosporus.
Origin of caïque
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How to use caïque in a sentence
The caique is a curiously shaped canoe-sort of a craft, and you have to get in carefully and sit still.
The Ship Dwellers | Albert Bigelow PaineThose who ride in them do not sit on benches, but in the bottom of the caique, on a Persian carpet.
The refreshing coolness of the sea breeze induced us to hire a caique, and we coasted along towards the Seraglio Point.
He accompanied a party of Americans to Buyukdere, where they took a caique, and rowed alongside the Russian flag-ship.
The caique is long and very narrow, and sharp at both ends—pointed, in fact.
British Dictionary definitions for caïque
/ (kaɪˈiːk) /
a long narrow light rowing skiff used on the Bosporus
a sailing vessel of the E Mediterranean with a sprit mainsail, square topsail, and two or more jibs or other sails
Origin of caïque
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