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Webster 1913 Edition
Felucca
Fe-luc′ca
,Noun.
[It.
feluca
(cf. Sp. faluca
, Pg. falua
), fr. Ar. fulk
ship, or harrāqah
a sort of ship.] (Naut.)
A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, – once common in the Mediterranean.
Sometimes it is constructed so that the helm may be used at either end.
Webster 1828 Edition
Felucca
FELUC'CA
,Noun.
A boat or vessel, with oars and lateen sails, used in the Mediterranean. It has this peculiarity, that the helm may be applied to the head or stern, as occasion requires.
Definition 2024
felucca
felucca
English
Noun
felucca (plural feluccas)
- A traditional wooden shallow draught sailing boat used in the Mediterranean and along the Nile in Egypt, its rig consisting of one or two lateen sails.
- "The ghostly feluccas passing along the canal are crewed by ghouls with wrapped heads." Lawrence Durrell, Justine