Batil (ship)
Appearance
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Batil (Arabic: بتيل batīl), also spelled bateel or battil, is a traditional type of sailing vessel from Kuwait with a fiddle-headed bow and a high sternboard.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ Dickson, H.R.P. The Arab of the Desert 2015 Routledge ISBN 9781138845749