A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterraneantransport ship with an overhanging bow and stern.
Origin
From French chebec, from Spanish jabeque or Catalan xabec or Italian sciabecco, from Arabic شُبَّاك. Not to confuse with the sambuq, an Indian-Sea vessel.
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