flute
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Along the curving shoreline a string of Dutch merchantmen were riding at anchor, all three-masted fluyts, their fore and main masts steeped far apart to allow room for a capacious hatch.
From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas
Like all Dutch fluyts, his ship was specially built to be lightly manned, enabling him to consistently undercut English shippers.
From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas
Secondly, it would not very readily occur to any one to purchase Dutch fluyts, or flyboats, for chasing vessels.
From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James
While Powlett studied the Declaration, skepticism growing on his face, Calvert turned back to the window and stared at the rainswept harbor, where a line of Dutch merchant fluyts bobbed at anchor.
From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas
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