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Word entry · 4 letters

dhow

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"Arab lateen craft"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /daʊ/Part of speech nounSorted dhowStarts with DEnds with W2 clues
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Definitions

  1. a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs

Word origin

From Arabic دَاو (dāw).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Joshua continued preparing breakfast, Bijan returned to piloting the dhow offshore and Pourghasem returned to his watch.[…]Several dhows were on the water and some fishermen were already at work.
  • The navy sometimes hired dhows for its patrols.[…]If a dhow was stopped, the slaves could not be counted on to make their presence known, having probably been told that the Europeans would kill them.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Arab lateen craft4 letters
02Lateen-rigged vessel4 letters

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