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| car·a·vel [ kárrə vèl ] (plural car·a·vels) or car·a·velle [ kárrə vèl ] (plural car·a·velles) or car·vel [ krv'l, kr vèl ] (plural car·vels) |
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sailing ship: a light sailing ship with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean from the 14th to the 17th centuries
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| [Early 16th century. < French caravelle, Portuguese caravela "small ship" < Greek karabos "crayfish"] |
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