Look up: Caravel


  1. Caravel
    Car'a·vel (kăr'ȧ*vĕl) noun [ French caravelle (cf. Italian caravella , Spanish carabela ), from Spanish caraba a kind of vessel, from Latin carabus a kind of light boat, from Greek ka`rabos
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/23

  2. Caravel
    • (n.) The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage. • (n.) A name given to several kinds of vessels. • (n.) A small fishing boat used on the French coast. &bu...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/caravel/

  3. caravel
    a light sailing ship of the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries in Europe, much-used by the Spanish and Portuguese for long voyages. Apparently developed ... [2 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/22

  4. Caravel
    A caravel is a light, round, old-fashioned ship, with a square poop, galley-rigged, formerly used in Turkey, Spain and Portugal.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RC.HTM

  5. Caravel
    A caravel is a small, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore along the West African coast and into the Atlantic Ocean. The lateen sails gave her speed and the capacity for sailing to windward (beating). Caravels were much used by the Portuguese f...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravel

  6. caravel
    caravel (kăr'uvel") or carvel (kär'vul) , three-masted sailing vessel, generally square-rigged with the aftermast lateen-rigged. It had a roundish hull with a high bow and stern. The term “carvel-built” (see boat) was derived from its method of construction. A chan...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0810354.html

  7. Caravel
    Small trading vessel also used for exploration. Three-masted, usually square rigged on the two forward masts, and having a lateen rigged mizzen mast.
    Found op http://www.seadercraft.com/sailing_glossary.html

  8. caravel
    1) Nina for example 2) Small sailing ship 3) Three-masted vessel
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/caravel/1

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