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Dhow

//daʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail.

    "I suppose I must have slept for seven or eight hours, getting the first real rest that I had had since the night before the loss of the dhow, for when I woke the sun was high in the heavens."

  2. 2
    a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs wordnet

Etymology

From Arabic دَاو (dāw).

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