holcad

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁλκάς (holkás). Compare hulk.

Pronunciation

Noun

holcad (plural holcads)

  1. (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 []

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