galliot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 Roger, Charles
The galliot was, like all Dutch craft, of great beam, with bluff bows and an ugly square stern.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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 Semmes, Raphael
Another vessel, also a Dutch galliot, picked up 13 more.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick
Again we tacked, but our efforts to find deeper water were unavailing, and at last the galliot ran aground with a slight shock on a bed of soft sand.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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