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carrack

Syllabification: (car·rack)
Pronunciation: /ˈkarək/

Definition of carrack

noun

  • a large merchant ship of a kind operating in European waters in the 14th to the 17th century.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French caraque; perhaps from Spanish carraca, from Arabic, perhaps from ḳarāḳir, plural of ḳurḳūra, a type of merchant ship

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