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carrack

car·rack

US/ˈkæɹək/ uncommon

noun

1.

a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman

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Origin

From French caraque (compare Spanish and Portuguese carraca, Italian caracca), from Latin carraca, from Latin carrus (“wagon”); or perhaps from Arabic قَرَاقِير (qarāqīr).

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