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che⋅beck

  [shi-bek]
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–noun Nautical.
xebec.

xe⋅bec

  [zee-bek]
–noun
a small, three-masted vessel of the Mediterranean, formerly much used by corsairs, now employed to some extent in commerce.
Also, chebeck, zebec, zebeck.

Origin:
1750–60; alter. of earlier chebec < F < Catalan xabec or Sp xabeque (now jabeque), both < Ar shabbāk
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