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balancelle

/bælənˈsɛl/

balancelle noun: a garden seat in the form of a swing.

Noun

balancelle (plural balancelles)

  1. A garden seat in the form of a swing.
  2. (uncommon) A small boat, typically with a single lateen sail, used in the Mediterranean.
    • ... 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.2007, Zdzisław Najder, Joseph Conrad: A Life, Camden House, →ISBN, page 60
    • ... (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 […]2015 September 16, Rif Winfield, Stephen S Roberts, French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786–1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates, Casemate Publishers, →ISBN, page 1599

Forms of balancelle

pluralbalancelles

Origin of balancelle

Borrowed from French balancelle.

Questions about balancelle

What does balancelle mean?
Balancelle means a garden seat in the form of a swing.
What part of speech is balancelle?
Balancelle is a noun.
How do you pronounce balancelle?
Balancelle is pronounced /bælənˈsɛl/.
What is the plural of balancelle?
The plural of balancelle is balancelles.

Words near balancelle in the dictionary

  1. balanced out
  2. balanced the books
  3. balanced the sheets
  4. balanced the ticket
  5. balancedness
  6. balancelle
  7. balancelles
  8. balanceman
  9. balancemen
  10. balancement
  11. balancer

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