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
It is proved equally by the painting of an Athenian bireme of 500 b.c. shown in Fig.
From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by George C. V. Holmes
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
Thus in the bireme the zygite, as he sat on his bench, had behind him and below him his thalamite whose head was about 18 inches behind the zygite thwart and a little above it.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
A military boat called the "bireme" came into use in Greece about six or seven centuries before Christ.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy
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