The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caravel \Car"a*vel\ (k[a^]r"[.a]*v[e^]l), n. [F. caravelle (cf. It. caravella, Sp. carabela), fr. Sp. caraba a kind of vessel, fr. L. carabus a kind of light boat, fr. Gr. ka`rabos a kind of light ship, NGr. kara`bi ship, vessel.] [written also carvel and caravelle.] (Naut.) A name given to several kinds of vessels.
The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage.
A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.
A small fishing boat used on the French coast.
A Turkish man-of-war.
Wikipedia
Caravelle may be a reference to:
- Caravelle, the French marketing name for the typeface Folio
- Sud Aviation Caravelle, the short/medium-range jet airliner, produced by Sud Aviation
- Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle, the design for a supersonic transport from Sud Aviation
- Volkswagen Caravelle (disambiguation), minibuses/vans produced by Volkswagen
- Renault Caravelle, the roadster automobile produced by Renault
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Plymouth Caravelle, a sedan made by Chrysler Corporation from 1983 to 1988
- Plymouth Caravelle Salon, a rebadged Dodge Diplomat sold in Canada
- An alternative spelling of Caravel, a 15th-century sailing ship
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, a Danish cargo ship in service 1938-20
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Caravelle Hotel, Ho Chih Minh City
- Caravelle Manifesto, 1960 Vietnamese political document presented in that hotel
- The Caravelles, British duo girl band
- The Caravelle Resort, ocean resort in South Carolina
- Caravelle New York, a brand of wrist watches by Bulova
- La Caravelle, restaurant and jazz venue in Marseille, France
- La Caravelle (New York), restaurant in New York City, specialising in French cuisine
Usage examples of "caravelle".
They walked slowly back to her hotel on the Tu Do, listening to the shouting, the bleating horns, the pedicabs race past, the bicycles with their bells, the screaming and squawking and the squealing that were Saigon, and when they reached the steps of the Caravelle, he turned to look at her with serious eyes.
They had booked her into the Hotel Caravelle on the Tu Do, and the Sun had even given her a Vietnamese phrase book.
And then suddenly, they were there, at the Caravelle, and all she wanted was to get out and run away from him, check in, and go to bed.
She walked into the lobby of the Caravelle, carrying her own bags, and it was slowly coming to life as a few young Vietnamese girls began to clean the lobby.
And an hour later he was at the Caravelle, knocking on the door of Paxton's room with a grim look in his eyes.
Ralph was standing in her room at the Caravelle, and she was sitting on her bed again, with a belligerent look on her face this time and her arms crossed.
She missed the sounds, the smells, her room at the Caravelle, Peter Bill she felt as though her head were spinning when she left them.
She felt immediately at home here, and she knew she had done the right thing as a cab drove her down the Tu Do, to the Caravelle, where she'd lived the year before.
They had pulled up in front of the Caravelle by then, and he helped her get out.
He went back to the office after that and Paxton went to the Hotel Catinat on the Nguyen Hue for a swim, and then she went back to the Caravelle to write her story.
And Tony and Paxton were in bed at the Caravelle one night sleeping soundly after they'd made love, when the phone rang, and Paxton answered.
And in her hotel room at the Caravelle, Paxton was already pulling her clothes on, and Tony had jumped out of bed.
She walked through the lobby of the Caravelle, remembering when he'd first come to see her there, how ill at ease they had been after their difficult beginnings.
And even the Hotel Caravelle seemed somehow less than it had been, although they remembered her, and were very pleasant.
They had dined together at the Caravelle, where Partridge was staying.