carrack (redirected from Carracks)

car·rack also car·ack  (krk)

n.

A large galleon used in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

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[Middle English carike, from Medieval Latin carrica and from Old French caraque (from Old Spanish carraca), both from Arabic qarqr, pl. of qurqr, from Greek kerkouros, fast light vessel.]

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carrack - a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman carack galleon - a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries