caïque

American  

[kah-eek] / kɑˈik /

Or caique

noun

1. a single-masted sailing vessel used on the eastern Mediterranean Sea, having a sprit mainsail, a square topsail, and two or more other sails.

2. a long, narrow rowboat used on the Bosporus.

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caïque British  

/ kaɪˈiːk /

noun

1. a long narrow light rowing skiff used on the Bosporus

2. a sailing vessel of the E Mediterranean with a sprit mainsail, square topsail, and two or more jibs or other sails

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Etymology

Origin of caïque

1615–25; < French < Italian caicco < Turkish kayιk; replacing caik < Turkish kayιk

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

caïque

A boatman stood lounging near them, leaning on a stone post, and following the retreating caïque with his eyes.

From Paul Patoff by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Have you never seen a caïque pull through the Devil's Stream on the Bosphorus, at Bala Hissar?

From Paul Patoff by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Paul followed the direction of his brother's glance, and saw a graceful caïque pulling slowly upstream towards them.

From Paul Patoff by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Presently all the richly-dressed officers of the household, who were loitering around, formed on either side the steps, and, bending nearly double, remained so while the sultan passed down to his caïque.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 by Various

We engaged fresh horses for Moudania, on the Sea of Marmora, and dispatched François in advance, to procure a caïque for Constantinople, while we waited to have our passports signed.

From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Bayard Taylor

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