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Abecedarian Big Chess (ABChess). Buy-your-own-army variant on a big board; 26 piece types. (11x11, Cells: 121) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Peter Aronson wrote on Tue, Nov 26, 2002 03:23 PM UTC:
Xebec (<i>zee-bek</i>) is the English word for a type of 3-masted Mediterranean saling ship with a long, overhanging bow and stern. According to my dictionary, it probably comes from the French <i>Chebec</i>, which in turn comes from the Arabic <i>shabbãt</i>. <p> If you read fighting sail books, a I believe a Xebec-built frigate shows up in the first Aubrey and Maturin by Patrick O'Brian, <u>Master and Commander</u>.