Definition of "lorcha" [lor•cha]

• 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. (noun)

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• "The lorcha was a dismasted hull, no more, with a Filipino family and one or two men aboard to steer."
• "A lorcha, called the Arrow, flying the British flag, had been seized by the Chinese, and the question arose as to the right of the vessel to the protection of England."
• "Mind you, as I leaned on the rail of the lead lorcha bearing up beyond Lintin Island two days after our picnic, with the rising sun rolling the fog-banks up the great estuary, I could honestly say it wasn't either the cash or the lady that had made me turn opium-runner."