felucca

American  

[fuh-luhk-uh, -loo-kuh] / fəˈlʌk ə, -ˈlu kə /

noun

1. a sailing vessel, lateen-rigged on two masts, used in the Mediterranean Sea and along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts.

2. a small fishing boat formerly used in the San Francisco Bay area.

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felucca British  

/ fɛˈlʌkə /

noun

1. a narrow lateen-rigged vessel of the Mediterranean

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Etymology

Origin of felucca

1620–30; earlier falluca < Spanish faluca, earlier variant of falúa, perhaps < Catalan faluga < Arabic falūwah small cargo ship

Example Sentences

He left Naples on a felucca, a sailing boat, in the middle of July, taking three paintings with him as presents for the cardinal.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2020

The felucca set sail without him but with his paintings still on board.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2020

Much better is a felucca, which floats down the river like a twig, with one last leaf as a sail.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2010

Along that green cobra live 16,000,000 people, of whom 2,000,000 last week took advantage of fare reductions to journey to Cairo by train, steamer, felucca, autobus, camel and donkey.

From Time Magazine Archive

There’s a felucca to windward of her, which I take to be the ‘Panchita!’

From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)