caravelle

plural caravelles

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of caravel.

   At preſent theſe trees are not very numerous, as the Turks make uſe of them to build the Grand Signior's caravelles, and cut down without ever planting.

   1788, [Claude-Étienne] Savary, “Letter XIII. To M. L. M.”, in Letters on Greece; being a Sequel to Letters on Egypt, […] Translated from the French …, London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 98

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   On the Ninth of May, in the Year one Thouſand, five Hundred, and Two, [Christopher] Columbus and his Brother departed, from Spain, on their laſt Voyage of Diſcovery, with four Caravelles, and one hundred, and ſeventy Men.

   1776, [John Campbell], John Kent, “Memoirs of Christopher Columbus”, in Biographia Nautica; Or, Memoirs of Those Illustrious Seamen, to whose Intrepidity and Conduct the English are Indebted, […] In Four Volumes, volume I, London: Printed for J. Wallis and C. Stonehouse, […], →OCLC, page 433

   Let[ter] 35. […] He has had the command of ſeveral of the Grand Signior's caravelles, and paſſed ſome time at Venice; he has travelled through Egypt, and visited, according to the religious cuſtom of the Mahometans, the tomb of his prophet.

   1789 February, “Art. VII. Letters on Greece, being a Sequel to Letters on Egypt; […] Translated from the French of Mr. Savory^([sic – meaning Savary]). 8vo. Price 6s. in boards. Robinsons. 1788. [book review]”, in [Thomas Christie], editor, The Analytical Review, or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, [...], volume III, London: Printed for J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 163

   Craft that have successfully completed voyages over vast distances in the Pacific – and which, therefore, could be defined as ‘seaworthy’ – comprise a broad range of vessels including rowboats and balsawood rafts (such as the Bounty’s launch and the Kon Tiki raft); Melanesian drua; Micronesian outriggers and Polynesian twin-hulled canoes; European caravelles, galleons, schooners, barques, frigates and other sailing vessels (where the nature of the rigging determines the class of vessel rather than size or hull design); and modern screw-driven, steel-hulled merchantmen and warships.

   2010, Donald B. Freeman, “Encompassing the Pacific: Revolutions in Transport, Navigation and Chart Making”, in The Pacific (Seas in History), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 99

plural Caravelles

1. A type of twin-engine jet that was the first medium-haul modern jet airplane.

   After much consideration, Friedkin decided not to purchase the Caravelles.

   2010, Alan Renga, Mark E. Mentges, Pacific Southwest Airlines, →ISBN

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   The airline has bought 4 Caravelles from Swissair, and they are very nice aircraft and are far superior to the previous planes they had.

   2012, David Chance, Around the World in 80 Years, →ISBN, page 559

   The Comet disasters gave all the more prestige to Air France when in 1959 it began flying its elegant jet the Caravelle, through Europe as far as Istanbul.

   2012, Anthony Sampson, Empire of the Sky