Definition of "carack" []

• Variant of carrack. (noun)

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• "Condulmiero was already fiercely engaged, and soon his carack was a mere unrigged helmless waterlog, only saved from instant destruction by her immense size and terrific guns, which, well aimed, low on the water, to gain the _ricochet_, did fearful mischief among the attacking galleys."
• "The men on the stockade gripped their bows or boar-spears and stared somberly at the carack which swung inshore, its brass work flashing in the sun."
• "The carack was Strom's trump card, his best guarantee against the trickery of his associates."