noun
Origin: MFr < Port caravela, dim. of caravo, small vessel < LL carabus, small wicker boat covered with leather < L, kind of crab < Gr karabos
See caravel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
or car·a·velle
nounOrigin:
Origin: French caravelle
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Old Portuguese caravela
Origin: , diminutive of cáravo, ship
Origin: , from Late Latin cārabus, a small wicker boat
Origin: , from Late Greek kārabos, light ship
Origin: , from Greek, horned beetle
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