Definitions

1. noun

A three- or four-masted sailing ship with a square-rigged foremast, used particularly in the 16th and 17th centuries.

“The museum displayed a model of the carrack that the explorer sailed on his voyage.”

2. noun

The Spanish galleon that sank off the coast of Florida in 1622.

“The treasure hunters discovered the wreckage of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, also known as a carrack, on the ocean floor.”