xebec

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Noun
  • In another sign that Wisconsin maritime historians are in a golden period of discovery, a wooden schooner hidden beneath the depths of Lake Michigan for nearly 140 years has been found — with citizen scientists on board to share the excitement.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In 1921, the schooner Rosa Belle left Milwaukee heading for Chicago with 11 passengers.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Throughout it there are forts, full-size wooden galleons and signs hung on what appear to be Persian rugs.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Contemporary sources suggested that cannon fire struck a stash of gunpowder aboard the San José, triggering a massive explosion that caused the ship to sink, but more recent research points to the galleon splitting open.
    Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • From Ocean Swell to Living-Room Calm Industrial designer Roey Pan sketched the first arc aboard a 27-ft sloop, tracing the way a mainsail breathes with the wind.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
  • An avuncular figure in his 70s with the physique of a man who has enjoyed life, Pier Luigi fell in love with sailing in his late teens, when a family friend took him for a cruise in a sloop.
    Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.
    Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 6 Mar. 2018
Noun
  • According to the report, Chinese naval ships deployed in the PMZ during that period included Type 054A and Type 054B frigates.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Back on the Danish frigate, in the Nuuk Fjord, flanked by Greenland’s bleak mountains of sheer black rock, the boom of practicing naval artillery guns reverberates into the Arctic abyss, as fighter jets scream overhead.
    Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Panamax ketch features a sleek aluminum exterior, with a displacement hull and a distinctive pointed bow.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
  • And through such buffetings Constance’s little ketch had run aground.
    Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Well, the star decided to go topless, for the clip, filmed on a yacht in the middle of the ocean.
    Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Think Bella Hadid resting on a yacht.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The next morning, in the galley with Bárbara, Fraser draws a diagram of the boatmance dynamics, coming to the conclusion that all lines lead to Solène.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The designer started by rejiggering the galley layout to provide two distinct spaces, an informal dining spot and a working kitchen.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Xebec.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/xebec. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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