Carvel Definition

kärvəl
noun
Webster's New World

(nautical) A small lateen-rigged Mediterranean vessel with two masts, used to carry cargo.

Wiktionary
The sea blubber.
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Other Word Forms of Carvel

Noun

Singular:
carvel
Plural:
carvels

Origin of Carvel

  • From Middle English carvile, from Dutch karveel, from Middle French caravelle, from Portuguese caravela, diminutive of caravo (“small vessel”), from Late Latin carabus (“small wicker boat decked with hide”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “stag-beetle, crayfish, lobster, small boat”).

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