galleass

[gal-ee-as]

gal·le·ass

[gal-ee-as]
noun Nautical.
a fighting galley, lateen-rigged on three masts, used in the Mediterranean Sea from the 15th to the 18th centuries.

Origin:
1535–45; < Old French galleasse, galiace < Old Italian galeaza (Venice), augmentative of galea galley
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galleass or galliass (ˈɡælɪˌæs)
 
n
nautical a three-masted lateen-rigged galley used as a warship in the Mediterranean from the 15th to the 18th centuries
 
[C16: from French galleasse, from Italian galeazza, from galeagalley]
 
galliass or galliass
 
n
 
[C16: from French galleasse, from Italian galeazza, from galeagalley]

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