▪ I. ‖ tartana1
(tarˈtana)
[It. tartana: see tartan n.2]
= tartan n.2
| 1588 Ancaster MSS. in Hist. MSS. Comm. (1907) XLV. 113 They have almost two hundred Tartanars, which are a kind of fish boats they use in the Straits. 1617 Ld. Carew Lett. (Camden) 92 They have allso 200 tartenas, which are a kind of flat-bottomde boates. 1773 Phil. Trans. LXV. 1, I hired a fishing vessel, called a tartana, with eighteen men in her. 1884 W. Sime To & Fro 17 Here are tartanas waiting the voyager. |
▪ II. † tartana2 Obs. rare.
(tɑːˈtɑːnə)
[Pseudo-latinized form of tartan1.]
= tartan n.1 1.
| 1721 Ramsay Tartana 82 Bright Tartana's waving in the wind. Ibid. 315 A bright Tartana veiled the lovely fair. |
▪ III. ‖ tartana3
[Sp. tartana.]
A covered vehicle used in Spain, esp. in Valencia.
| 1829 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 408 We made our journey..in a kind of covered cart called a Tartana, drawn by a mule. 1845 Ford Handbk. Spain I. 438 A Tartana, the common Valencian vehicle... It may be compared to a Venetian gondola on wheels. 1882 Harper's Mag. Sept. 564 In summer it is covered with tartanas, bouncing little covered waggons lined with crimson curtains. |