feluccas in English
noun
1
a small vessel propelled by oars or lateen sails or both, used on the Nile and formerly more widely in the Mediterranean region.
The ships were the kind of swift feluccas preferred by the desert warlords, with odd-looking lateen sails and long, backswept oars pointing downwards into the water.
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1. I was hypnotised by the landscape – feluccas sailing gallantly by, their masts inflated with an unfelt breeze.
2. 29 I was hypnotised by the landscape – feluccas sailing gallantly by, their masts inflated with an unfelt breeze.