galleass

/ˈɡæli.æs/

galleass noun: a type of rowable vessel of the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to a galley but larger, and normally equipped with sails.

Noun

galleass (plural galleasses)

(historical) A type of rowable vessel of the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to a galley but larger, and normally equipped with sails.
- The delectableſt luſtie ſight and mouingeſt obiect, me thought it was that our Ile ſets forth, and nothing behinde in number with the inuincible Spanish Armada, though they were not ſuch Gargantuan boyſterous gulliguts as they, though ſhips and galeaſſes they would haue beene reckoned in the nauy...1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 5
- [T]he greateſt of their Galliaſſes fell foule vpon another ſhip, and loſt her Rudder, ſo that guideleſſe ſhe droue vvith the tide vpon a ſhelue in the ſhoare of Callis, vvhere ſhee vvas aſſaulted by the Engliſh.1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Elizabeth Queene of England, France, and Ireland, […]”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […]...

1540s, from Old French galleasse, from Italian galeaza ‘large galley’, from Latin galea.

What does galleass mean?: Galleass means a type of rowable vessel of the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to a galley but larger, and normally equipped with sails.
What part of speech is galleass?: Galleass is a noun.
How do you pronounce galleass?: Galleass is pronounced /ˈɡæli.æs/.
What is the plural of galleass?: The plural of galleass is galleasses.

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