Meaning of polacre | Babel Free

Definitions

A 17th-century three-masted merchant ship.

historical, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Before the Princess went to Palestine, do you know⟳ in what part of the polacre she slept?”

“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⟳?”

“As he approached the polacre he was surprised to see⟳ a Union Jack being hung over her gunwale.”

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