/kar"euhk/ , n.
a merchant vessel having various rigs, used esp. by Mediterranean countries in the 15th and 16th centuries; galleon.
Also, carack .
[ 1350-1400; ME carrake carraque carraca, perh. back formation from Ar qaraqir (pl. of QURQUR ship of burden kérkouros ), the -ir being taken as pl. ending ]