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Carrack

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A large galleon used in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See carack.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. See carack.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman

Word Usage

"I suspect, however, that they must have been nearly, if not entirely, decked over -- in fact, that they were what are now called flush-decked vessels, while probably the carrack was a frigate-built ship, or, at all events, a ship with a high poop and forecastle."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

galleon

Variant

carack

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