carrack
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carrack¹
- /ˈkæɹək/ US
- /-ɪk/ US
Where it comes from
From French caraque (compare Spanish and Portuguese carraca, Italian caracca), from Latin carraca, from Latin carrus (“wagon”); or perhaps from Arabic قَرَاقِير (qarāqīr).
noun carracks · carack · carrick · carract
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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.
Similar: nau
Carrack²
proper noun
- Alternative form of Kharg
Translations
Talk about this word "carrack." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/carrack. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. carrack. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/carrack "carrack." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/carrack.Cite this
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title = {carrack},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carrack},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
