holcad

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁλκάς (holkás). Compare hulk.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɒlkæd/

Noun

holcad (plural holcads)

(historical) A large merchantman ship in Ancient Greece.
- 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece:
  The storeships provided by the Athenian government , which carried also both sutlers and artificers , were thirty of large burden of the kind called holcads, and a hundred smaller […]

References

“holcad”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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