holcad

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁλκάς (holkás). Compare hulk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒlkæd/

Noun

holcad (plural holcads)

1. (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

• “holcad”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.