carrack
- noun
- /ˈkɛræk/
- Archaic
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carraca
- In a matter of years, Sunderland became the undisputed queen of shipyards; the river was clogged with every kind of ship, from worthy vessels to shoddily slapped together carracks destined to go down for insurance money.
Examples
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In naval museums, you can see models of the impressive carrack ships that once ruled the seas.
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CARRACK: I'm glad to see you brought what I was expecting.
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CARRACK: So, gentlemen, if you're ready, we can do our business.
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CARRACK: Let's hope for your sake he doesn't show up.
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A pair of old Carrack-class light cruisers swept in from starboard, the Chimaera's TIE fighter screen breaking formation to engage them.
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The sailors aboard the large carrack worked diligently to secure the sails as the storm approached.
Synonyms
A large trading ship armed with guns used in the Mediterranean in the 1500s and 1600s
Surface Forms
Etymology
Carrack comes from the Spanish and Portuguese word carraca, which sailors used for a 'large sailing ship', and that Iberian word may come from an old Arabic word qārāqir used around the Mediterranean. So a carrack is the big merchant ship you think of from the 15th–17th centuries.
