caracol
[kar-uh-kol]
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Origin of caracol
From Spanish
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After some little stay, the purser took his leave, and lay all night on board the caracol.
To the south of the Caracol stands a ruin of remarkable beauty and in wonderful preservation.
The American EgyptChanning Arnold
The Caracol, or "Winding Staircase," stands on two rectangular stone-faced terraces reached by steps.
The American EgyptChanning Arnold
The only circular turning arch we saw was the continuously rounded one in the Caracol at Chichen.
The American EgyptChanning Arnold
Mr. Cookson, accompanied only by a janissary in uniform, drove immediately towards the Caracol.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885Charles Royle