half-jack
Britishnoun
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Origin of half-jack
C20: jack, probably from C16 jack a leather-covered vessel, from Old French jaque, of uncertain origin
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Nine Bristol barques were lying off Three Towns, a place not upon the chart, and at Half-Jack, 205 miles from the Cape.
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