Hitherto the practice had been general of hiring Genoese and Venetian carracks for mercantile purposes.
On board of the carracks was a sum of money, the wages of the whole fleet for three months, the English accounts say for six months.
They also assert that threecarracks were taken and three sunk.
The carracks spoken of were undoubtedly large and powerful ships compared to those in general use at that period.
Off your own shores we have met the galleons of Portugal, as Your Majesty must know, and in the West Indies we have challenged and overcome the carracks of Papist Spain.
When the sails of the carracks were furled the Game was the Game that we made it,-- We that were horses in Spain were gods in a realm to be!
The unsuccessful attack on the carracks in 1594 had also shown Cumberland the need for large vessels of considerable strength.
English attack on Cadiz, 98; burns fleet of carracks to avoid capture by English, 99 Meeres, John, R.
Early next morning, feeling eased by a night's rest, he sent on shore to ask leave to follow the fleet of forty carracks bound for the Indies, which had escaped down the Puerto Real river; this navy was said to be worth twelve millions.
While he was thus uncertain, the Duke of Medina Sidonia solved the difficulty on June 23, by setting the whole flock of helpless and treasure-laden carracks on fire.
As he lay there two great carracks of Genoa, homeward-bound from Constantinople, found, not without difficulty, shelter from the tempest in the same bay.
The masters of the carracks espied the bark, and found out to whom she belonged: the fame of Landolfo and his vast wealth had already reached them, and had excited their natural cupidity and rapacity.
Not long afterwards the Catalan sailed one of his carracks to Alexandria.
The great galleys of Venice, however, were formidable rivals of the carracks of Genoa.
The lords of Berkeley took to trading in wool and corn and wine, and went partners with Bristol men in robbing carracks of Genoa as well as in lawful traffic.
To this day certificates are still prepared every year on November 9th that nocarracks of Genoa nor galleys of Venice have arrived at the port.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "carracks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
