dromond

American  

[drom-uhnd, druhm-] / ˈdrɒm ənd, ˈdrʌm- /

Also dromon

noun

1. a large, fast-sailing ship of the Middle Ages.

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dromond British  

/ ˈdrʌm-, ˈdrɒmən, ˈdrʌm-, ˈdrɒmənd /

noun

1. a large swift sailing vessel of the 12th to 15th centuries

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Etymology

Origin of dromond

1300–50; Middle English dromund < Anglo-French dromund, dromo ( u ) n < Late Latin dromō, stem dromōn- < Greek drómōn swift ship, derivative of drómos a running

Example Sentences

Bauduin, embarked on a dromond in the Indian Sea, is wrecked in the territory of Baudas, and near a city called Falise, which stands on the River of Baudas.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

The Venetian dromond was to other merchant-ships as the dromedary to other camels.

From Masters of the Guild by Lamprey, L.

In the reign of Henry VIII. the shipwrights of this country began to build ships which combined something of the strength, and capacity of the dromond, with the length and fineness of the galley.

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John

The dromond, in war-time, was sometimes converted into a warship, by the addition of fighting-castles fore and aft.

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John