carrack

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von carrack im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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

a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman

a large European trading 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

{i} carack, large galleon that was popular in the Mediterranean as merchantman (used from the 14th to the 16th centuries)

Silbentrennung

car·rack

Etymologie

[ 'kar-&k, -ik ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English carrake, from Middle French caraque, from Old Spanish carraca, from Arabic qarAqIr, plural of qurqur merchant ship.