zebec

American

[zee-bek] / ˈzi bɛk /

Or zebeck

noun

Nautical.

xebec.

zebec British

/ ˈziːbɛk /

noun

variant spellings of xebec

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They beat India 10-1 in the preliminary round, Branko Zebec of Partizan Belgrade scoring five.

From The Guardian

But Zebec, on fire after his opening-round heroics, scored again as Yugoslavia went 3-0 up by half-time, then quickly 4-0 ahead just after the break.

From The Guardian

The Soviets pulled one back soon after through Vsevolod Bobrov of VVS Moscow, but when Zebec scored his second of the game on the hour to make it 5-1, all looked lost for the Russians.

From The Guardian

They had not long to wait before they fell in with a large Spanish zebec, the Gamo, which, to the astonishment of the big ship, Lord Cochrane immediately attacked.

From Project Gutenberg

One of them gave us notice of a Mexican armed zebec ready to sail with treasure from Mexico for the Havannah.

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