carrack
or car·ack
[ kar-uhk ]
/ ˈkær ək /
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noun
a merchant vessel having various rigs, used especially by Mediterranean countries in the 15th and 16th centuries; galleon.
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Origin of carrack
1350–1400; Middle English carrake<Middle French carraque<Spanish carraca, perhaps back formation from Arabic qarāqīr (plural of qurqūr ship of burden <Greek kérkouros), the -īr being taken as plural ending
Words nearby carrack
-carpous, carpsucker, carpus, Carr, Carracci, carrack, carrageen, carrageenan, Carrantuohill, Carranza, Carrara
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carrack
/ (ˈkærək) /
noun
a galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman in the 15th and 16th centuries
Word Origin for carrack
C14: from Old French caraque, from Old Spanish carraca, from Arabic qarāqīr merchant ships
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