First Known Use: 14th century
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carrack
noun car·rack \ˈka-rək, -rik\
Definition of CARRACK
: a beamy sailing ship especially of the 15th and 16th centuries
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Origin of CARRACK
Middle English carrake, from Anglo-French carrak, from Old Spanish carraca, from Arabic qarāqīr, plural of qurqūr merchant ship, from Greek kerkouros light vessel
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