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carrack

/ˈkæɹək/

carrack noun: a large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.

carrack: a large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but...
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Noun

carrack (plural carracks)

  1. (historical) A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.
    • They [the English] are all on fire / To purchaſe from the Spaniard. If their Carracks / Come deeply laden, vvee ſhall tugge vvith them / For golden ſpoile.c. 1597–1603 (date written), Thomas Heywood, The Fair Maid of the West. Or, A Girle Worth Gold. The First Part. […], London: […] [Miles Flesher] for Richard Royston, […], published 1631, →OCLC, Act...
    • Faith, he to night hath boarded a Land Carract, / If it proue lawfull prize, he's made for euer.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    Synonyms:
    nau

Proper noun capitalized: Carrack

Carrack

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Kharg

carrack meaning in Arabic, Indonesian and Persian

carrack in Arabic

ship
قرقور

carrack in Indonesian

ship
kerakah

carrack in Persian

ship
کرک karak

Synonyms of carrack

Forms of carrack

pluralcarracks
alternative formcarack
alternative formcarrick
alternative formcarract

Origin of carrack

From French caraque (compare Spanish and Portuguese carraca, Italian caracca), from Latin carraca, from Latin carrus (“wagon”); or perhaps from Arabic قَرَاقِير (qarāqīr).

Questions about carrack

What does carrack mean?
Carrack means a large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.
What is carrack in Arabic?
Carrack in Arabic is قرقور. See Carrack meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is carrack?
Carrack can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce carrack?
Carrack is pronounced /ˈkæɹək/ (US).
What is the plural of carrack?
The plural of carrack is carracks.

Words near carrack in the dictionary

  1. Carquinez Strait
  2. carr
  3. Carra
  4. carrabiose
  5. carrabioses
  6. carrack
  7. carracks
  8. carract
  9. carracts
  10. Carradale
  11. Carradine

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