felucca
English
Etymology
From Italian feluca, from Arabic فَلُوكَة (falūka).
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
Translations
sailing boat
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