galleass

American  

[gal-ee-as] / ˈgæl iˌæs /

noun

Nautical.

1. a fighting galley, lateen-rigged on three masts, used in the Mediterranean Sea from the 15th to the 18th centuries.

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galleass British  

/ ˈɡælɪˌæs /

noun

1. nautical a three-masted lateen-rigged galley used as a warship in the Mediterranean from the 15th to the 18th centuries

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Etymology

Origin of galleass

1535–45; < Old French galleasse, galiace < Old Italian galeaza (Venice), augmentative of galea galley

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Example Sentences

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galleass

He took the galleass at last, after three hours' fighting.

From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by James Anthony Froude

But like most, if not all, compromise types, the galleass was short-lived.

From A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens

The galleass was the most splendid vessel of her kind afloat, Don Hugo one of the greatest of Spanish grandees.

From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by James Anthony Froude

The number of oars or sweeps varied, the larger galley having twenty-five on each side; the galleass as many as thirty-two, each being worked by several men.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

Already before the fog lifted a fast galleass had brought the news down Channel that the Spanish were on the sea, and the King's fleet was under way.

From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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