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• a variation of galiot.

galliot

British  

/ ˈɡælɪət /

noun

1. a variant spelling of galiot

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The galliot carried two masts, the after one only being set up.

From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

In a week, I was on board a Dutch galliot, bound to Havana; but I soon perceived that I was again under the command of two captains—male and female.

From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Mayer, Brantz

The captain-general went to Macan later in his galliot, taking three fathers with him.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander

On the morning of the 10th, a Russian galliot, from Okotzk, was towed into the harbour.

From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Kippis, Andrew

The three next days several breaching batteries were completed, and the galliot and mortars bombarded the city all night.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter