carack
/ˈkærək/
noun
- A large sailing ship from the 14th to 17th centuries, used for trade and war, with a high rounded stern and three or four masts.
- The old carack was too slow to escape the faster pirate vessels.
- The museum displayed a model of a Portuguese carack used in the spice trade.
- Explorers crossed the ocean in a sturdy carack loaded with supplies.