galliot

British  

/ ˈɡælɪət /

noun

1. a variant spelling of galiot

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Example Sentences

“Why the deuce didn’t you tell me all that before, my dear Vernon, instead of backing and filling like a Dutch galliot beating to win’ard?”

From Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant by Greene, John B.

Their fleet consisted only of three galleys, one galliot, and a brigantine.

From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray

He was rescued by a galliot the owner of which was Pedro's grandfather.

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

I have been at sea sixty years; yet well do I recollect the first day that I shipped on board the galliot Jungvrauw, at Rotterdam, bound for Great Yarmouth, England.

From Seven Frozen Sailors by Fenn, George Manville

At a little distance, the square-shouldered Antwerper, sitting on the elevated poop of his galliot, was enjoying, with his crew, a glorious smoke.

From Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. by Anonymous