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Dhows

Scope note

Use for a wide variety of lateen-rigged watercraft used for trading along the East African, Arabian, and Indian coasts; generally having long raking bows and fuller sterns. This is a European term derived from the Swahili and is not used by most of the people who sail such vessels.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000212707

Broader Terms used

<fore-and-aft-rigged vessels>

Equivalent Terms used

dhow

Created

13yrs ago

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