carvel

American  

[kahr-vuhl] / ˈkɑr vəl /

noun

1. caravel.

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carvel British  

/ ˈkɑːvəl /

noun

1. another word for caravel

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Etymology

Origin of carvel

late Middle English carvile < Dutch karveel caravel

Example Sentences

She appeared to have been originally "carvel" built; but for the purpose of reducing weight, very thin fir planks had been substituted for her seven upper strakes, and put on "clincher" fashion.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold

Carvels were strongly built craft, and we still speak of a vessel being carvel, or ship-built.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles

And cyphers nights of doomes to be, Till flaring pyres and yon red ghaut— So monstrous bright that some one prays— And Vizy's carvel starts to stir, Shape abhorrent signs on each lee.

From Betelguese A Trip Through Hell by de Esque, Jean

It is built up of planks fastened together by wooden pegs, carvel fashion, on a small keel, or lunas.

From British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo by Treacher, W. H. (William Hood), Sir

They poled off as best they might the huge trunks that battered at the carvel planks and pressed upon the twanging cable.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil