galleass

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

Origin of galleass

1
1535–45; <Old French galleasse, galiace<Old Italian galeaza (Venice), augmentative of galeagalley

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galleass

galliass

/ (ˈɡælɪˌæs) /


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

Origin of galleass

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

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