carvel

American  

[kahr-vuhl] / ˈkɑr vəl /

noun

1. caravel.

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carvel British  

/ ˈkɑːvəl /

noun

1. another word for caravel

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Etymology

Origin of carvel

late Middle English carvile < Dutch karveel caravel

Example Sentences

They poled off as best they might the huge trunks that battered at the carvel planks and pressed upon the twanging cable.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

A prefix to denote the construction of a vessel, as carvel or clinker-built, bluff-built, frigate-built, sharp-built, &c.;

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

She appeared to have been originally "carvel" built; but for the purpose of reducing weight, very thin fir planks had been substituted for her seven upper strakes, and put on "clincher" fashion.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold

Carvels were strongly built craft, and we still speak of a vessel being carvel, or ship-built.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles

One of them was her own, a heavy white boat, carvel built, with high freeboard.

From The Island Mystery by Birmingham, George A.