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Carvel   Listen
noun
Carvel  n.  
1.
Same as Caravel.
2.
A species of jellyfish; sea blubber.





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"Carvel" Quotes from Famous Books



... and we still speak of a vessel being carvel, or ship-built. I therefore do not hold to the idea that the two consorts of Columbus's ship were little better than open boats, but believe that they were stout, well-formed vessels, not so utterly ...
— How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves - Updated to 1900 • W.H.G. Kingston
... finished we departed this harbour the 22nd of January, carrying along with us one of the Portugal carvels, which was bound to the islands of Cape Verde for salt, whereof good store is made in one of those islands. The master or pilot of that carvel did advertise our General that upon one of those islands, called Mayo, there was great store of dried cabritos (goats), which a few inhabitants there dwelling did yearly make ready for such of the king's ships as did ...
— Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World • Francis Pretty


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