POLACCA  , the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian name for a three-masted See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel, formerly See also:

• COMMON

common in the eastern See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of the Mediterranean . The masts were of one piece and the sails were square or See also:

• LATEEN (the Anglicized form of Fr. latine, i.e. voile latine, Latin sail, so-called as the chief form of rig in the Mediterranean)

lateen-shaped . The name appears in various forms in other See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, e.g . Fr. polaque or polacre, Sp. polacra, Du. polaak or Ger . Polack, and certainly means See also:

• POLISH

Polish, although there is no explanation to be found for any connexion between See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland and such a Mediterranean vessel .