Look up: Galleon

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   Galleon
   A Galleon was a Spanish or Portuguese warship. They had three or four decks.
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   galleon
   [n] - a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts
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   Galleon
   Gal'le·on noun [ Spanish galeon , confer French galion ; from Late Latin galeo , galio . See Galley .] (Nautical) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel. « The galleons . . . were huge, ro ...
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   galleon
   noun a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries
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   Galleon
   A `galleon` was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by the nations of Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries. Whether used for war or commerce, they were generally armed with demi-culverin. Galleons were an evolution of the caravel and carrack (or nao), for the new great ocean going voyages. A lowering of the forecastle and elongation of the hull gave an unprecedented level of stability in the water, and reduced wind resistance at ...
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   Galleon
   • (n.) A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel.
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   galleon
   full-rigged sailing ship that was built primarily for war, and which developed in the 15th and 16th centuries. The name derived from `galley,` which ... [5 related articles]
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   galleon
   galleon, oceangoing warship used by the European naval powers in the 15th and 16th cent. A large, cumbersome vessel, the galleon was three-masted and square-rigged, usually with two decks, and with its main batteries in broadsides. Galleons were much used to transport treasure and other cargo from t...
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