iˌæs 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
1535–45; < Old French galleasse, galiace < Old Italian galeaza (Venice), augmentative of galea galley
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| —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 galea | |
| galliass or galliass | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from French galleasse, from Italian galeazza, from galea | |
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Galleass
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