GALLEASS


Meaning of GALLEASS in English

/gal"ee as'/ , n. Naut.

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

[ 1535-45; galleasse, galiace galeaza (Venice), aug. of galea GALLEY ]

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