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polacre (iou)



polacre noun. . E17.
[French polacre, polaque, Italian polacra, polacca = Spanish, Portuguese polacra, Dutch polak, German Polack(e), Polacker: perh. obscurely rel. to POLACK.]
A three- (occas. two-) masted sailing vessel used esp. in the Mediterranean, with masts made from single pieces.