galleass
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of galleass
1535–45; < Old French galleasse, galiace < Old Italian galeaza (Venice), augmentative of galea galley
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Day after day we watched for Spanish sails; for the plate fleets went that way, and some galleass or caravel or galleon might stray aside.
From To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston
None, madam, 'twas all whipped out o' me aboard the 'Esmeralda' galleass.
From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Jeffery Farnol
The English attacked the stranded galleass in pinnaces and boats, Howard with some of the larger ships standing by "to give the men comfort and countenance."
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by John Richard Hale
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
Alonzo de Leyva, with half a hundred young Spanish nobles of high rank who were under his special charge, made his way in a galleass into Killibeg.
From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by James Anthony Froude
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