carrack

/ˈkæɹək/

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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.

Faith, he to night hath boarded a Land Carract, / If it proue lawfull prize, he's made for euer.

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Alternative form of Kharg.

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noun — a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman

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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.

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Faith, he to night hath boarded a Land Carract, / If it proue lawfull prize, he's made for euer.

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The name of the ship was Dawn Treader. She was only a little bit of a thing compared with one of our ships, or even with the cogs, dromonds, carracks and galleons which Narnia had owned when Lucy and

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In some senses, carrack is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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