carack
- a variation of carrack.
Example Sentences
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Her second carack had fallen behind, a shot having sent its foremast overside, but the other two ships were driving in.
From Nuala O'Malley by Bedford-Jones, H.
Nuala signaled the other carack to bear down with her, and presently they made out that it was a large sailing galley, which headed straight for them.
From Nuala O'Malley by Bedford-Jones, H.
She proposed that Brian take one carack and she the other, but at this Brian laughed.
From Nuala O'Malley by Bedford-Jones, H.
He likewise brought home the St Philip, a very rich prize, said by the writers of these times to have been the first carack ever taken and brought home to England.
But by an evil chance not a bowshot from the great Spanish carack was a low galley, thin and swift, with oars which could speed her against wind or tide.
From Sir Nigel by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
