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galleass definition

gal·leass (gal′ē as′)

noun

a large, three-masted vessel having sails and oars and carrying heavy guns: used in the Mediterranean in the 16th and 17th cent.

Etymology: Fr galéasse < OFr galeace < It galeazza < ML: see galley

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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