Carrack Definition
karək
noun
A large galleon used in the 1300s, 1400s, and 1500s.
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Webster's New World
(now historical) 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.
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carracksOrigin of Carrack
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
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French caraque (compare Spanish and Portuguese carraca, Italian caracca), from Latin carraca, from Latin carrus (“wagon”); or perhaps from Arabic.
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