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car·a·vel | \ ˈker-ə-ˌvel 
, ˈka-rə-, -vəl \
, ˈka-rə-, -vəl \Definition of caravel
: any of several sailing ships specifically : a small 15th and 16th century ship that has broad bows, high narrow poop, and usually three masts with lateen or both square and lateen sails
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Recent Examples on the Web Spanish caravels and a viking longboat, a moving sidewalk, the first Ferris wheel — along with people and cultures from around the globe — all turned Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance into the world’s museum.
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Charles J. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, "The Humboldt alligator is all the rage, but the 1893 World’s Fair gators in Jackson Park are the original creatures from the Chicago lagoon," 28 June 2019 In Europe, however, small and scrappy Portugal did build small ships called caravels that could explore the African coast and later the Atlantic Ocean.
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Lee Roop, AL.com, "Trump's 'Space Force' idea sounds good to Alabama representatives," 14 Mar. 2018 This caravel gave me a strange sense of peace and the feeling that there is always a story to tell, a place where to return.
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Andrew Katz, TIME.com, "‘My mind will stay there forever’," 17 July 2017
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caravel
nouncar·a·vel | \ ˈker-ə-ˌvel \
\Kids Definition of caravel
: a small sailing ship of the 15th and 16th centuries with a broad bow and high stern and three or four masts
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The first known use of caravel was in 1527
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