Associations to the word «Carrack»

Pictures for the word «Carrack»

Wiktionary

CARRACK, noun. (now 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.

Dictionary definition

CARRACK, noun. A large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats