galiot
Americannoun
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a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
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a small ketchlike sailing vessel used for trade along the coast of Germany and nearby countries.
noun
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a small swift galley formerly sailed on the Mediterranean
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a shallow-draught ketch formerly used along the coasts of Germany and the Netherlands
Etymology
Origin of galiot
1325–75; Middle English galiote < Middle French < Medieval Latin galeota, diminutive of galea galley
Example Sentences
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The atmosphere was so thick that the galiot was seen but for an instant, and it then disappeared in the dense mists.
From Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim by Oliver Optic
The galiot came in, and anchored a cable's length from her.
From Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim by Oliver Optic
The man nodded earnestly, and pointed with redoubled vigor to the after part of the galiot.
From Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim by Oliver Optic
Quod galiot, “in nome of god and we Al, be tyme, the ſuthfaſtneß ſal see.”
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
And galiot haith chargit hyme to tak 768 Als fell folk, and for the feld hyme mak.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
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