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caravel

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car·a·vel or car·a·velle  (kr-vl) also car·vel (kärvl, -vl)
n. Nautical
Any of several types of small, light sailing ships, especially one with two or three masts and lateen sails used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th and 16th centuries.

[French caravelle, from Old French, from Old Portuguese caravela, diminutive of cáravo, ship, from Late Latin crabus, a small wicker boat, from Late Greek krabos, light ship, from Greek, horned beetle.]


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But the seaman of the last generation, brought into sympathy with the caravels of ancient time by his sailing-ship, their lineal descendant, cannot look upon those lumbering forms navigating the naive seas of ancient woodcuts without a feeling of surprise, of affectionate derision, envy, and admiration.
 
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