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Definition of Lorcha
1. n. A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.
Definition of Lorcha
1. Noun. (nautical) A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lorcha
1. a light rigged vessel [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lorcha
Literary usage of Lorcha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ti-ping Tien-kwoh: The History of the Ti-ping Revolution by Augustus F. Lindley (1866)
"Alongside the lorcha.—On Board the lorcha.—Critical Position.—A Friend in
Need.—Failure. ... The lorcha in Pursuit.—She gains on us.—The lorcha opens fire. ..."
2. Sir Harry Parkes in China by Stanley Lane-Poole (1901)
"lorcha is the name given to a class of vessels of partly English and ...
Four mandarins and nearly forty men boarded the lorcha, hauled down her flag, ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"The seizure of the crew of the British lorcha "Arrow " as she lay off the city
of Canton offered the opportunity. Yeh at first refused to apologise or to ..."
4. A History of Our Own Times by Justin McCarthy (1884)
"The lorcha "Arrow.' John Russell, when Secretary tor the colonies in 1840.
ordered that no more of the criminal refuse should be carted out to that region. ..."
5. A History of Our Own Times: From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the by Justin Maccarthy (1880)
"THE lorcha "ARROW." AFTER the supposed settlement of the Eastern Question at the
Congress of Paris, a sort of languor seems to have come over Parliament and ..."
6. A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea. Being a by Robert Fortune (1857)
"It is not my intention in this place to attempt a history of the original cause
of the dispute in so far as the unfortunate lorcha " Arrow" is concerned, ..."
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