car|a|vel

car|a|vel
car|a|vel or car|a|velle «KAR uh vehl», noun.
1. a small, fast sailing ship of the type used by Columbus and other early navigators, with a broad bow and high stern.
2. any one of various small sailing ships of former times. Also, carvel.
[< French caravelle < Portuguese caravela (diminutive) < cáravo < Late Latin cārabus < Late Greek k kind of light boat < Greek, horned beetle, crawfish, probably < ancient Macedonian]

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