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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Whill58 galiot will for the feld hyme mak.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
Quod galiot, “I grant It yow, but ye 760 Shal firſt go ryd, yone knychtis oſt and see.”
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
There the vessel tied up, the pirogue was relaunched, the kegs placed in it and the original crew, supplemented by two Spaniards from the galiot, paddled off up the Ohio.
From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Holt, Mathew Joseph
To galiot than ſend he in meſag, That he ſhuld help his folk for to defende; Galiot sends him 30,000 more.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
These sails were accordingly hoisted, the Josephine came about, and stood off in the direction towards which the galiot was supposed to have drifted.
From Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim by Optic, Oliver
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