felucca

[fuh-luhk-uh, -loo-kuh]

noun

a sailing vessel, lateen-rigged on two masts, used in the Mediterranean Sea and along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts.
a small fishing boat formerly used in the San Francisco Bay area.

Origin of felucca

1620–30; earlier falluca < Spanish faluca, earlier variant of falúa, perhaps < Catalan faluga < Arabic falūwah small cargo ship

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Historical Examples of felucca

And the mystery of our felucca's disappearance had to be discussed.
It Happened in Egypt
C. N. Williamson
There’s a felucca to windward of her, which I take to be the ‘Panchita!
Captain Brand of the "Centipede"
H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
They seem to have brought some of the crew of the felucca with them too.
Captain Brand of the "Centipede"
H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
I asked him if he thought I could get a felucca next day to take me to Lerici.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
She was given a bag full of crown pieces, and we returned to the felucca.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

British Dictionary definitions for felucca

felucca

noun

a narrow lateen-rigged vessel of the Mediterranean

Word Origin for felucca

C17: from Italian felucca, probably from obsolete Spanish faluca, probably from Arabic fulūk ships, from Greek epholkion small boat, from ephelkein to tow

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