Chebacco

·noun A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries;

— called also pinkstern and chebec.

chebacco boat
Probably the same as the xebec of the Mediterranean. A description of fishing vessel employed in the...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
chebacco boat
A description of fishing-vessel employed in the Newfoundland fisheries. It is probably named from Ch...

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