noun
- Plural of carack; large merchant ships with high castles at bow and stern, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Usage: historical; nautical
Examples
- Portuguese caracks dominated trade routes to India in the early 1500s.
- The museum displayed models of caracks that once sailed the Atlantic.
- Medieval caracks were among the largest ships of their era.
- Spanish caracks carried spices and treasures back from the New World.