Caique
a single-masted sailing vessel used on the eastern Mediterranean Sea, having a sprit mainsail, a square topsail, and two or more other sails.
a long, narrow rowboat used on the Bosporus.
Historical Examples
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 Various
An Old Meerschaum David Christie Murray
In the Wilderness Robert Hichens
The Vintage Edward Frederic Benson
The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The Walls of Constantinople Bernard Granville Baker
Soyer’s Culinary Campaign Alexis Soyer
Sylvia & Michael Compton Mackenzie
Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu Constance Fenimore Woolson
Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu Constance Fenimore Woolson
noun
a long narrow light rowing skiff used on the Bosporus
a sailing vessel of the E Mediterranean with a sprit mainsail, square topsail, and two or more jibs or other sails
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