guarda costa
English
Etymology
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Noun
guarda costa (plural guarda costas)
- (now historical) A Spanish vessel used to protect the coast.
- 1743, Henry Fielding, The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), 3rd edition, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- I was attacked by one of those cursed Guarda-Costas who took our Ships before the Beginning of the War.
- 1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 11, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I:
- While we were employed in this manner, our vessel went northward to Black River to trade. While she was there, a Spanish guarda costa met with and took her.
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