CARACK

carrack, carack

(noun) a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

carack (plural caracks)

Alternative form of carrack

Anagrams

• cracka

Source: Wiktionary


Car"ack, n. Etym: [F. caraque (cf. Sp. & Pg. carraca, It. caracca.), LL. carraca, fr. L. carrus wagon; or perh. fr. Ar. qorqur (pl. qaraqir) a carack.] (Naut.)

Definition: A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon. [Spelt also carrack.] The bigger whale like some huge carrack law. Waller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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