"'Mr Powell and Mr Comfrey are to go straight to Malta in that storeship over there.'"'The xebec, or the polacre?''The vessel to the right,' said Graham somewhat testily. 'The vessel that is so busy, with sailors creeping up the masts.'" --Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 80
A three-masted Mediterranean vessel used in the 1700s and early 1800s.
"'Mr Powell and Mr Comfrey are to go straight to Malta in that storeship over there.'
"'The xebec, or the polacre?'
'The vessel to the right,' said Graham somewhat testily. 'The vessel that is so busy, with sailors creeping up the masts.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 80
A three-masted Mediterranean vessel used in the 1700s and early 1800s.