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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The polacre herself is, as I see by her papers, only two years old, and seems a fine craft.
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
I will send six more men on board the polacre.
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
That big fellow has got twelve on a side, the polacre has eight, and the xebec six, so between them they have fifty-two guns.
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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 G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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 G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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