gal|le|ass

gal|le|ass
gal|le|ass «GAL ee as», noun.
a heavy, low-built warship larger than a galley and moved by both oars and sails. It was used on the Mediterranean in the 1500's and 1600's. Also, galliass.
[< Middle French galéace < Italian galeazza < galea galley < Medieval Latin < Medieval Greek]

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