Cā'ique or Cāi-ique', n.

noun

n. [Fr. caïc, caïque, Sp. caïque, It. caicco, N. Gr. καΐκι, from Turk. qāiq, boat.]

  1. (Naut.) A skiff belonging to a galley.
  2. A light skiff, used on the Bosporus, at Constantinople.