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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
galeas \gal"eas\, n.
see galleass. galeate
see also:
galleass
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
galleass \gal"leass\ ?; 135, n. f. gal'easse, gal'eace;
cf. it. galeazza, sp. galeaza; ll. galea a galley. see
galley. naut.
a large galley, having some features of the galleon, as
broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern
nations of europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. see
galleon, and galley. written variously galeas,
gallias, etc.
1913 webster
note: "the galleasses . . . were a third larger than the
ordinary galley, and rowed each by three hundred galley
slaves. they consisted of an enormous towering
structure at the stern, a castellated structure almost
equally massive in front, with seats for the rowers
amidships." --motley. gallegan
see also:
galley galleon galeas gallias
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