carrack

== English == === Alternative forms === carack, carrick, (obsolete) carract === Etymology === From French caraque (compare Spanish and Portuguese carraca, Italian caracca), from Latin carraca, from Latin carrus (“wagon”); or perhaps from Arabic قَرَاقِير (qarāqīr). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹək/, /-ɪk/ === Noun === carrack (plural carracks) (historical) A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast. Synonym: nau ==== Translations ==== === References === “carrack”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.