galliot
Britishnoun
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We chased, and overhauled soon afterward a Dutch galliot, and later in the day, a Spanish bark.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
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 George Manville Fenn
This vessel was a small Dutch galliot, and had a cargo of sugar from Amsterdam, consigned to Leghorn; and was, therefore, desirous of landing at Gibraltar, it being on her course.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Frederick Whymper
She was a kind of brigantine, not unlike a Dutch galliot of the present day, with a broad elevated bow and a broad elevated stern.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
“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 John B. Greene
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