kleines, schnelles, zwei- bis viermastiges Segelschiff der Spanier und Portugiesen vom 14. bis zum 16. Jahrhundert mit geringem Tiefgang und hohen Heckaufbauten
Antiguo buque ligero de uno a tres mástiles de vela latina y hasta 160 toneladas de desplazamiento, desarrollado por los portugueses en el siglo XV, que facilitó la navegación marina por su superior maniobrabilidad y estabilidad.
çekim: çoğul carabelas
eş: agua mala, batel de Guinea, botella azul, falsa medusa, fisalia, fragata
köken: Borrowed from Old Galician-Portuguese caravela, diminutive of cáravo, from Latin carabus, from Byzantine Greek κάραβος (kárabos).
köken: Borrowed from Portuguese caravela, from Old Galician-Portuguese caravela (“caravel”), a diminutive of caravo, carabo (“type of small vessel”), from Late Latin carabus (“small wicker boat decked with hide”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾱ́ρᾰβος (kā́răbos, “type of light ship; kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; kind of crustacean, probably a crayfish”).
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caravela, a diminutive of cáravo, or cárabo, from Ancient Greek κᾱ́ραβος (kā́rabos, “light ship, horned beetle”).
köken: Borrowed from Italian caravella, from Old Galician-Portuguese caravela, a diminutive of caravo, carabo, from Late Latin carabus, from Ancient Greek κᾱ́ρᾰβος (kā́răbos). Doublet of korab (“ship”).