QUADRIREME


Meaning of QUADRIREME in English

/kwod"reuh reem'/ , n.

(in classical antiquity) a galley having four banks of oars.

[ 1590-1600; quadriremis, equiv. to quadri- QUADRI- + -remis (deriv. of remus oar) ]

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