[kar-uh
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| a merchant vessel having various rigs, used esp. by Mediterranean countries in the 15th and 16th centuries; galleon. |
| car·rack also car·ack (kār'ək) n. A large galleon used in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. [Middle English carike, from Medieval Latin carrica and from Old French caraque (from Old Spanish carraca), both from Arabic qarāqīr, pl. of qurqūr, from Greek kerkouros, fast light vessel.] |