TRIREME


Meaning of TRIREME in English

/truy"reem/ , n. Class. Hist.

a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.

[ 1595-1605; triremis having three banks of oars, equiv. to tri- TRI- + rem ( us ) oar + -is adj. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .