Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Nautical A light, swift galley formerly used in the Mediterranean.
- n. Nautical A light, single-masted, flatbottom Dutch merchant ship.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A small galley or a sort of brigantine formerly in use, built for pursuit, and propelled by both sails and oars, having one mast and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers.
- n. An old Dutch or Flemish vessel for cargoes, with very much rounded ribs and a flattish bottom, a mizzenmast placed near the stern carrying a square mainsail and maintopsail, and a forestay to the mainmast (there being no foremast), with forestaysail and jibs.
- n. A bomb-ketch.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of galliot.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, built mainly for speed. It was moved both by sails and oars, having one mast, and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers.
- n. A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail.
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old French, from galee, galie; see galley. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“And when they be nigh him with the cross, then he doth adown his galiot that sits on his head in manner of a chaplet, that is made of gold and precious stones and great pearls, and it is so rich, that men prize it to the value of”
“Philipina_, and a galiot was built and despatched to the group (it is doubtful which), named by this expedition the _Philippine Islands_ in honour of Philip, Prince of Asturias, the son of King Charles I., heir apparent to the throne of Castile, to which he ascended in 1555 under the title of Philip II. on the abdication of his father.”
“There came a small English ship in from sea, when an English galiot, lying close in shore, weighed anchor and set sail in order to speak to her.”
“Here, in the wreck of an old galiot, he hid every article dry and secure; kegs of liquors and wine, shawls and blankets, pieces of silk, gunpowder, beautiful pipes, bars of silver and copper, and a whole bag of gold.”
“Before his gilded galiot ran naked vine-wreathed corybants,”
“It was certain that eleven hundred guilders would cover the whole expense of putting the galiot in perfect repair, and the balance of this sum was handed to the skipper.”
“The boatswain and carpenter, assisted by the boys, rigged a jury-mast out of the foremast of the galiot, which had been saved for the purpose.”
“Nothing was said to the skipper of the galiot about this proposition; and Mr. Lowington having warmly commended the students for their generous sympathy with the unfortunate man, the crew were dismissed.”
“About four o'clock, on the morning of Sunday, a light breeze from the westward sprang up, and the order was given by signal for the galiot to make sail, and to follow the Josephine.”
“Just before the squadron weighed anchor, Mr. Fluxion went on board of the galiot, and informed the skipper that all the expenses of the repairs of his vessel would be paid by the students of the institution.”
Lists
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Formerly
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If I had a boat
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and Bristol fashion
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hernesheir A type of ship, a galleot.
Dec 21, 2010