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Definition of Carack
1. Noun. A large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman.
Definition of Carack
1. n. A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon.
Definition of Carack
1. Noun. (alternative form of carrack) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carack
1. carrack [n -S] - See also: carrack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carack
Literary usage of Carack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"... Portuguese expedition to Java—Foundation there of the first Batavian trading
settlement—Exploits of Jacob Heemskerk— Capture of a Lisbon carack—Progress ..."
2. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1874)
"Francis I.'s Great carack.—Caravelles.—The Importance of a Fleet. —Hired Fleets.
— Poop Guards. ... carack ..."
3. The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, K. G.: Preserved at Melbourne Hall by John Coke, Thomas Coke, Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper Cowper, William Dashwood Fane (1888)
"The Admiral and the Mayflower now clear from the carack. ... The riches in this
carack. Nune Velio Périra and Bras Corea brought captive? into England and ..."
4. Miscellanies by Charles Kingsley (1860)
"... in spite of his two mistakes, but that he chooses to go a round-about way
instead of a short one; and away goes the whole fleet safe, save one carack, ..."
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