====== Chebec (Ship) ====== Another spelling of xebec. A xebec, also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. It would have a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast. The term can also refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea. ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xebec|source]]) {{scribblenauts-unlimited:c:chebec-ship.jpg}}