carvel
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of carvel
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (historical)Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”).
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noun
- (historical)Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”).
- (obsolete)A jellyfish (e.g. Medusozoa).
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Etymology
From Middle English carvel, carvelle, carvile, kervel (“small ship; caravel”), from Old French caruelle, carvelle, kirvelle, see further at caravel. The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch karveel.
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