English

A polacre

Alternative forms

• polacca

Noun

polacre ‎(plural polacres)

1. (nautical, obsolete or historical) A 17th-century three-masted merchant ship.
   • 1820, J. H. Adolphus (editor), A Correct, Full, and Impartial Report, of the Trial of Her Majesty, Caroline, Queen Consort of Great Britain, Before the House of Peers; on the Bill of Pains and Penalties, page 95,

     Before the Princess went to Palestine, do you know in what part of the polacre she slept?

   • 1822, The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, of the Year 1822, Part 2, page 1137,

     If that be so with respect to the Aum case, what shall we say to the case now established in proof onboard the polacre; that case which they have been unable by any evidence to shake, or by any observation to destroy?

   • 2007, David Cordingly, Cochrane the Dauntless: The Life and Adventures of Thomas Cochrane, 1775-1860, page 138,

     As he approached the polacre he was surprised to see a Union Jack being hung over her gunwale.

See also

• xebec