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Definition of polacre

Polacre
Polacre Po*la"cre, n. Same as Polacca, 1.
polacre
Polacca Po*lac"ca, n. [It. polacca, polaccra, polacra; cf. F. polaque, polacre, Sp. polacre,] [Written also polacre.] 1. (Naut.) A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, and without tops, caps, or crosstrees. 2. (Mus.) See Polonaise.

Meaning of polacre from wikipedia

- A ****ca (or ****re) is a type of seventeenth- to nineteenth-century sailing vessel, similar to the xebec or the me****acht. The name is the feminine...
- burthen, 24 guns In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a large ****re-xebec carried a square rig on the foremast, lateen sails on the other masts...
- Tripolitan ****re along with nine gunboats. After fighting a sharp action for forty five minutes the gunboats veered off and the ****re was abandoned...
- the mizzenmast. ****ca-settee A three-masted ****ca. ****re Another name for a ****ca. ****re-xebec A type of xebec with a square rig on her foremast...
- Neapolitan ****re ship Madona del Carmina; Neapolitan ****re ship Madona del Laura; Neapolitan ****re ship Madona del Gratia; and Imperial ****re bark Madona...
- ****cas carried a settee sail, giving rise to the ****ca-settee (or ****re-settee). Between the 1880s and the 1960s, Gozo boats had a settee rig....
- captured French schooner "Brilliant Jeunesse". On 21 June she captured ****re "Emmanuel". The next day she recaptured schooner "Jolly Robbins" and about...
- chaloupes-canonnières 2 felouques canonnières 1 schooner 9 pinques 82 ****res 11 trois-mats à hunes (three-masters) de Vigny, Alfred. "La Fregate 'La...
- snow, and yawl. Three-masted vessels include the barque, barquentine, ****re and full-rigged ship. Luggers could have one or two masts and schooners...
- captured the first eight at St Remo: ****re ship St. Giovanni, which was sailing in ballast from St Remo; ****re brig Achille, which was sailing from...