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caravel
[ kar-uh-vel ]
noun
- a small Spanish or Portuguese sailing vessel of the Middle Ages and later, usually lateen-rigged on two or three masts.
caravel
/ ˈkærəˌvɛl /
noun
- a two- or three-masted sailing ship, esp one with a broad beam, high poop deck, and lateen rig that was used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th and 16th centuries
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caravel1
1520–30; < Middle French car ( a ) velle < Portuguese caravela, equivalent to cárav ( o ) kind of ship (< Late Latin carabus a small wicker boat < Greek kárabos skiff, crayfish) + -ela diminutive suffix
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caravel1
C16: from Portuguese caravela, diminutive of caravo ship, ultimately from Greek karabos crab, horned beetle
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Example Sentences
In spite of his seamanship, the caravel was wrecked on the island of Cuba.
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The caravel, with a crew of the strongest, was despatched for succour, and was never heard of again.
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Leaves set forth, a few at a time, with a little volley of birds—a buoyant caravel.
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Into the path traversed by the lowly caravel steamed the towering Doraine, pointing her gleaming nose to the north and east.
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Instead of so doing, in his fright, he rowed off to the other caravel, about half a league to windward.
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