caravel
noun
a small Spanish or Portuguese sailing vessel of the Middle Ages and later, usually lateen-rigged on two or three masts.
caravels
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pluralof caravel.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Thanks to its location and prevailing winds, the Azores have attracted sailors since the age of Spanish galleons, Portuguese caravels and the voyages of discovery.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
Skilled shipbuilders and navigators who took advantage of maps from all over Europe, Portuguese sailors used triangular sails and built lighter vessels called caravels that could sail down the African coast.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
More than 1,500 miles from landfall at San Salvador, the caravels came upon smooth seas, drizzling rains and a whale.
From Time Magazine Archive
This time he came not with three ships, but with 14 sturdy caravels, plus three great galleons, bringing colonists and 12 zealous Benedictine missionaries headed by Father Bernardino Buil.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Voyagers are caravels bound for the stars, and on the way exploring those worlds that Huygens knew and loved so well.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
