Căr'a-văn'sa-ry or Căr'a-văn'se-ra, n.

n. [Fr. caravansérai, Per. kār-wān-sarāī, from kārvān, caravan, and sarāī, palace, large house, inn.] A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, square building, with a spacious court in the middle.