1) Columbian vessel 2) French word used in English 3) Nina 4) Old-time ship 5) Ship type 6) Small sailing ship 7) Spice trade vessel 8) Three-masted vessel 9) Type of ship in Armada days
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A caravel (Portuguese: caravela, IPA) 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 for the oceanic explora...
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• (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. • (n.) A Turkish man-of-war. • (n.) A Portu...
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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]
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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 a kind of light ship, NGr.
kara`bi...
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A caravel is a light, round, old-fashioned ship, with a square poop, galley-rigged, formerly used in Turkey, Spain and Portugal.
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