bireme
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bireme
1590–1600; < Latin birēmis two-oared, having two banks of oars ( bi- bi- 1 + rēm ( us ) oar + -is adj. suffix)
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On his first trip, the ship was a ratty old bireme captained by Agostino Contarini, one of the most notorious profiteers on the Jaffa run.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is proved by another illustration of a bireme on the same vase, in which the steering oars are clearly seen.
From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by George C. V. Holmes
To increase the driving force and the speed, they added a second and then a third bank of oars, thus producing the "bireme" and the "trireme."
From A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens
The large figures at the stern seem to point to the bireme of Fig.
From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by George C. V. Holmes
Hast seen yet the charming Ionian girl who is to smite thy heart like the sharpened beak of a war bireme when it sends its prow into the soft pinewood sides of an enemy's ship?
From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Richard Short
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