caravel

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She sailed in an age of Titans, while the caravel was a frolicksome pygmy, dancing to the music of a thousand winds, buffeted today, becalmed tomorrow, but always a snail on the face of the waters.

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  1. noun Nautical Any of several types of small, light sailing ships, especially one with two or three masts and lateen sails used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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  • Hundreds of small boats surrounded the little caravel, and the curious Portuguese clambered aboard and asked, among their many eager questions, to be shown the treasures and “Los Indios.” The commander of a Portuguese man-of-war anchored near assumed a bullying attitude and ordered Columbus to come aboard the warship and explain why he had dared to cruise among Portugal's possessions. —  Christopher Columbus
  • As they approached the caravel, a salute was fired. —  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II)
  • Having freighted and dispatched the caravel, the Adelantado made many presents to Behechio, his sister, and their attendants, and took leave of them, to return by land with his troops to Isabella. —  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II)
  • He advised them to launch and take possession of the caravel, as the only mode of regaining their independence. —  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II)
  • The Adelantado had by this time returned from Xaragua; but Roldan, feeling himself at the head of a strong faction, and arrogating to himself great authority from his official station, now openly demanded that the caravel should be launched, or permission given to himself and his followers to launch it. —  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II)
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  1. French caravelle, from Old French, from Old Portuguese caravela, diminutive of cáravo, ship, from Late Latin cārabus, a small wicker boat, from Late Greek kārabos, light ship, from Greek, horned beetle.
 

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/ˈkærəˈvɛl, kɑrvɛl/
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