carvel

English

Etymology

From Middle English carvel, carvelle, carvile, kervel (“small ship; caravel”),[1] from Old French caruelle, carvelle, kirvelle,[2] see further at caravel. The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch karveel.

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Noun

carvel (plural carvels)

  1. (nautical, historical) Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”)
  2. The sea blubber (Cyanea capillata).
  3. (obsolete) A jellyfish (Medusozoa).

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Translations
light, usually lateen-rigged sailing vessel — see caravel
sea blubber — see sea blubber

References
  1. “carvel(le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. “carvel, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1888.

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