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

Example Sentences

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galleass

None, madam, 'twas all whipped out o' me aboard the 'Esmeralda' galleass.

From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery

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 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

The Capitana galleass, with Don Hugo de Monçada and eight hundred men on board, had fouled her helm in a cable in getting under way and had become unmanageable.

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

The galleass was patched up, and De Leyva ventured an attempt to make his way in her to Scotland.

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

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