- a variation of galiot.
galliot
Britishnoun
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It is mostly equipped with a main and a mizen mast, and somewhat resembles a ketch or a galliot.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
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 Andrew Kippis
I saw the barge—a moving coffin, what?—gliding down stream towed by the galliot and escorted by a small boat.
From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
The first boat which landed at Plymouth brought in 21; the Gertruida, a Dutch galliot, picked up a boat containing 16 on Sunday night, and another containing 8 on the following morning.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Frederick Whymper
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 Brantz Mayer
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