[zee-bek] 
| a small, three-masted vessel of the Mediterranean, formerly much used by corsairs, now employed to some extent in commerce. |
| xe·bec also ze·bec or ze·beck (zē'běk') n. A small three-masted Mediterranean vessel with both square and lateen sails. [French chebec, probably from Catalan xabec, from Arabic šabbāk, from šabaka, to entwine, fasten; see śbk in Semitic roots.] |
| ze·bec or ze·beck (zē'běk') n. Variant of xebec. |
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