Carrack

n. carack, large galleon that was popular in the Mediterranean as merchantman (used from the 14th to the 16th centuries)

A carrack or nau was a three- or four-masted sailing ship developed in the Mediterranean in the 15th century. It had a high rounded stern with an aftcastle and a forecastle and bowsprit at the stem. It was square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.Carracks were one of the first proper ocean-going ships in Europe; large enough to be stable in heavy seas, and roomy enough to carry provisions for long voyages. They were the ships in which the Portuguese and the Spanish explored the world in the 15th and 16th centuries. In Portuguese this type was called nau, while in Spanish it is called carraca or nao (both of which meant simply "ship"). In French it was caraque, caravelle or nef.
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Noun
1. a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman
(synonym) carack
(hypernym) galleon

(n.)
See Carack.
  

A large medieval ship , commonly more than 500 tons, used both for war and for transport.