caravelle

English

Noun

caravelle (plural caravelles)

1. Alternative spelling of caravel
   • 1776, [John Campbell], John Kent, “Memoirs of Christopher Columbus”, in Biographia Nautica; Or, Memoirs of Those Illustrious Seamen, to whose Intrepidity and Conduct the English are Indebted, In Four Volumes, volume I, London: Printed for J. Wallis and C. Stonehouse, , →OCLC, page 433:

     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.

   • 1788, [Claude-Étienne] Savary, “Letter XIII. To M. L. M.”, in Letters on Greece; being a Sequel to Letters on Egypt, Translated from the French , London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, , →OCLC, page 98:

     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.

   • 1789 February, “Art. VII. Letters on Greece, being a Sequel to Letters on Egypt;  Translated from the French of Mr. Savory. 8vo. Price 6s. in boards. Robinsons. 1788. ”, in [Thomas Christie], editor, The Analytical Review, or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, [...], volume III, London: Printed for J Johnson, , →OCLC, page 163:

     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.

   • 2010, Donald B. Freeman, “Encompassing the Pacific: Revolutions in Transport, Navigation and Chart Making”, in The Pacific (Seas in History), Abingdon, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 99:

     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.

French

Noun

caravelle m (plural caravelles)

1. caravelle

Further reading

• “caravelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.raˈvɛl.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛlle
• Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧vèl‧le

Noun

caravelle f

1. plural of caravella