Meaning & use
caravel
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A small, fast sailing ship with two or three masts, used especially by the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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Columbus's fleet included two small caravels and a larger carrack.
The museum displayed a scale model of a 15th-century caravel.
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Caravels were prized for their speed and maneuverability, which made them well suited to the era's long ocean voyages of exploration.
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