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

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carvel

A prefix to denote the construction of a vessel, as carvel or clinker-built, bluff-built, frigate-built, sharp-built, &c.;

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Madam,—Please your good God, we have, since our coming hither, written to your highness thrice; once by the carvel in which we came, the other two from Dieppe.

From Margaret of Anjou Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

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

This offers less resistance, and before long builders constructed so-called ‘gigs’ for racing purposes, which were carvel built.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.