polacre
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of polacre
C17: from either French polacre or Italian polacca Pole or Polish; origin unknown
Example Sentences
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We call a felucca, a felucca; a bombarda, a bombarda; a polacre, a polacre; and a lugger, a lugger.
From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by Cooper, James Fenimore
She was a polacre brig, of about a hundred and fifty tons.
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
"I am in command, at present, sir, of the polacre; which, with the barque, is a prize of the brig the Antelope, privateer."
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Would she overhaul them, or pass without taking notice of them--seeing that the polacre was a small one, and not likely to be a valuable prize?
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
She was astern just now, and she is abreast of the polacre now, as near as I can make out.
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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