caravelle
/kˈɛɹəvˌɛl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "On the Ninth of May, in the Year one Thouſand, five Hundred, and Two, [Christopher] Columbus and his Brother departed, from Spain, on their laſt Voyage of Diſcovery, with four Caravelles, and one hundred, and ſeventy Men."
- "At preſent theſe trees are not very numerous, as the Turks make uſe of them to build the Grand Signior's caravelles, and cut down without ever planting."
- "Let[ter] 35. […] He has had the command of ſeveral of the Grand Signior's caravelles, and paſſed ſome time at Venice; he has travelled through Egypt, and visited, according to the religious cuſtom of the Mahometans, the tomb of his prophet."
- "Craft that have successfully completed voyages over vast distances in the Pacific – and which, therefore, could be defined as ‘seaworthy’ – comprise a broad range of vessels including rowboats and balsawood rafts (such as the Bounty’s launch and the Kon Tiki raft); Melanesian drua; Micronesian outriggers and Polynesian twin-hulled canoes; European caravelles, galleons, schooners, barques, frigates and other sailing vessels (where the nature of the rigging determines the class of vessel rather than size or hull design); and modern screw-driven, steel-hulled merchantmen and warships."
- "After much consideration, Friedkin decided not to purchase the Caravelles."
- "The airline has bought 4 Caravelles from Swissair, and they are very nice aircraft and are far superior to the previous planes they had."