caravel
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caravel
- /ˈkæɹəvɛl/ UK
- /ˌkæɹəˈvɛl/ UK
- /ˈkæɹəvɛl/ US
- /ˈkɛ-/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle French caravelle, from Old French caruelle, carvelle (“caravel”), from Old Galician-Portuguese caravela (“caravel”), a diminutive of caravo, carabo (“type of small vessel”), from Late Latin carabus (“small wicker boat decked with hide”), from Ancient Greek κᾱ́ρᾰβος (kā́răbos, “type of light ship; kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; kind of crustacean, probably a crayfish”).
noun caravels · caraval · carvel · caravelle
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A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.
When Gullion di'd (who knows not Gullion?) / And his drie soule arriu'd at Acheron, / He faire besought the feryman of hell, / That he might drink to dead Pantagruel. / […] Yet still he drinkes, nor can the Botemans cries, / Nor crabbed oares, nor prayers make him rise. / So long he drinkes, till th
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Talk about this word "caravel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/caravel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. caravel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/caravel "caravel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/caravel.Cite this
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title = {caravel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
