holcad
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ὁλκάς (holkás). Compare hulk.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editholcad (plural holcads)
- (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 […]
References
edit- “holcad”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.