balancelle

/bælənˈsɛl/

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Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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"... sailing boat Tremolino, owned partly by Korzeniowski himself. He described her alternately as a balancelle, tartane, or felucca, but furnished her with two masts; boats of these types are single-masted."
"... (balancelle, felucca, or aviso in service at Elba in 1806 and commissioned on 1.1.1807, 26-53 men, carried 1 x 10pdr, 2 x 3pdr, 2 swivels). Put at the disposition of Napoleon at Elba […]"

Borrowed from French balancelle.

balancelles (plural)

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How do you pronounce balancelle?

The recorded pronunciation is /bælənˈsɛl/.

What does balancelle mean?

A garden seat in the form of a swing.

Where does balancelle come from?

Borrowed from French balancelle.

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