Polacre
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Polacre is a noun meaning (nautical, obsolete or historical) A 17th-century three-masted merchant ship.
Meaning
(nautical, obsolete or historical) A 17th-century three-masted merchant ship.
Example Sentences
Before the Princess went to Palestine, do you know in what part of the polacre she slept?
As he approached the polacre he was surprised to see a Union Jack being hung over her gunwale.
If that be so with respect to the Aum case, what shall we say to the case now established in proof onboard the polacre; that case which they have been unable by any evidence to shake, or by any observation to destroy?
Word Forms
- polacres
- polacca
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include caracca, catamaran, galleon, crare, clipper, baglo.
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