noun, feminine/kaɾaˈbela/plural: carabelas
caravel (a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration)
Related: carabela portuguesa
Borrowed from Old Galician-Portuguese caravela, diminutive of cáravo, from Latin carabus, from Byzantine Greek κάραβος (kárabos).