lorcha
English
Etymology
Noun
lorcha (plural lorchas)
- (nautical) A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.
- 1901, Charles S. Leavenworth, The Arrow War with China
- At the same time, the fact must not be lost sight of, that the primary cause of the war was the affair on the lorcha "Arrow."
- 1901, Charles S. Leavenworth, The Arrow War with China
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