Carbine
a fire-arm used by cavalry and artillery, shorter in the barrel than CARAVEL double tower at its stern and a single one at its bows. It had four masts and a bowsprit, and the principal sails were lateen sails. It was in command of three such caravels that Columbus crossed the Atlantic and discovered America.
CARAWAY (Carum Carvi or Carui), a species of Umbelliferæ, which has long been valued and cultivated in Europe for the ordinary musket or rifle. It was used by light cavalry as early as the 16th century.