: a beamy sailing ship especially of the 15th and 16th centuries
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The multi-mast carrack derives from the single-mast cog that dominated European seafaring in the Middle Ages.
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Darren Orf,
Popular Mechanics,
6 Sep. 2022
Wearing a magnifying visor, at a table with glues and tweezers and exact
bits of wood, the boy puts together long ships
and carracks in exquisite minute scale.
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Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2018
There’s a cruise on the Esperanza, a three-masted Spanish carrack.
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Adam H. Graham,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2017
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Darren Orf,
Popular Mechanics,
6 Sep. 2022
Wearing a magnifying visor, at a table with glues and tweezers and exact
bits of wood, the boy puts together long ships
and carracks in exquisite minute scale.
—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2018
There’s a cruise on the Esperanza, a three-masted Spanish carrack.
—
Adam H. Graham,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2017
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“Carrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carrack. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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