a galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman in the 15th and 16th centuries
Word origin
C14: from Old French caraque, from Old Spanish carraca, from Arabic qarāqīr merchant ships
carrack in American English
(ˈkærək)
noun
galleon
Word origin
ME carrack < OFr caraque < OSp carraca < Ar qarāqīr, pl. of qurqūr, merchant ship: < ? Gr kerkouros, a light vessel < kerkos, tail + oura, tail, stern (see uro-2)