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galleass

[ gal-ee-as ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Nautical.

a fighting galley, lateen-rigged on three masts, used in the Mediterranean Sea from the 15th to the 18th centuries.

galleass

/ ˈɡælɪˌæs /

nautical a three-masted lateen-rigged galley used as a warship in the Mediterranean from the 15th to the 18th centuries

1535–45; < Old French galleasse, galiace < Old Italian galeaza (Venice), augmentative of galea galley

C16: from French galleasse, from Italian galeazza, from galea galley

Compared to the low, crowded galley, the galleass was a roomy and much more seaworthy ship.

The galleass's guns were high above the water, and the galleys dreaded their plunging fire.

The galleass represented in Fig. 46 had a circular forecastle in which were mounted several guns, to be used in end-on attack.

The third, the great galleass "Florencia," went down in Tobermory Bay.

The galleass had gone on the sands, and as the tide ebbed had fallen over on her side.

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