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dhow
[dou]
noun
any of various types of sailing vessels used by Arabs on the east African, Arabian, and Indian coasts, generally lateen-rigged on two or three masts.
dhow
/ daʊ /
noun
a lateen-rigged coastal Arab sailing vessel with one or two masts
Word History and Origins
Origin of dhow1
Word History and Origins
Origin of dhow1
Example Sentences
Typically, smugglers use dhows - a type of small boat, often for fishing - to transport cargo close to the coast of Somalia.
It added that there had been “several reported hijacked dhows and fishing vessels, which are ideal mother ships to launch attacks at distances from the Somali coastline.”
Diamond spends several days tracking a suspect fishing vessel, or dhow.
Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team, boarded an unflagged vessel described as a dhow in international waters of the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Somalia.
And the weapons that are destroyed are soon replaced by Iran, as a never-ending stream of dhows ferry more weaponry into Yemen, U.S. officials say.
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