Felucca, a class of small merchant-vessels used in the Mediterranean. They have two masts, carrying lateen sails, and frequently have a rudder at each end, to be applied as occasion demands. Formerly feluccas were also employed in war and piracy.
Felucca
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 577
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