Carabus (Ancient Greek: κάραβος and καράβιον) was a small coracle or boat made of wicker-work, and covered with rawhides. The Caravel and the modern Greek καράβι, which means vessel, derives from carabus.
These boats could be moved by short oars. Ancient authors wrote that carabus were used in the River Po.
Caesar described such boats as employed by him in Spain, from having seen it in Britain.
References
- ^ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Carabus
- ^ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), Carabus
- Anthony Rich. A Dictionary Of Roman And Greek Antiquities With Nearly 200 Engravings On Wood. Nabu Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-1247823805.
- Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications. 1857. p. 3.