carack

• Grand navire à voiles utilisé en Méditerranée comme galion marchand.

A large galleon used as a merchant ship in the Mediterranean.

1. Large merchant shipC2formal

   A large, heavily built sailing ship used primarily in the Mediterranean from the 14th to the 17th centuries for trade and warfare.

   Caraque (grand navire marchand)

   • The carrack carried valuable spices from the East.
   • Merchants loaded the carrack with silk and porcelain.
   • The carrack's high stern made it distinctive among other ships.

   Synonymescarrack