carvel
Meanings
noun
- Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”).
- 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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