galleon Definition
gal·leon (gal′ē ən, gal′yən)
noun
a large sailing ship with three or four masts and a high forecastle and stern, developed in the 15th and 16th cent., and used as both a warship and a trader
Etymology: Sp galeón < ML galea: see galley
galleon Synonyms
galleon Usage Examples
Possessives
production: Galleon's production of The White Devil created a vulgar world of gaudy images and suffocating misogyny.
Converse of object
- capture: Local vessels took part and captured galleons were towed across the bay to Weymouth.
- attack: While the frigates attacked the galleons, Blake's heavier warships sailed into the harbor to bombard the shore defenses.
- wreck: No wonder there is the legend of a wrecked galleon from the Spanish Armada somewhere in the bay.
- sink: Whether the upcoming release of the oft-delayed Neverwinter Nights 2 will sink the Gothic galleon without a trace remains to be seen tho.
- find: A Spanish foreign ministry spokesman said 'Any Spanish galleon found in future will be reclaimed by the Spanish authorities' .
Adjective modifier
- sunken: As well as having the pearls to collect you might find a treasure chest from a sunken galleon on your travels.
- Spanish: From Spanish galleons to modern warships, from local fishing boats to luxury cruisers - all can be found at easy diving depths.
- great: By the time Queen Elizabeth came to power, the great galleons had come into fashion.
- huge: In front of them were two huge galleons with full rigging resplendent in the September sunshine.
- large: Early in the Seventeenth Century, larger galleons were built with heavier armaments.
- English: The English galleon, it was of a much more modern than design, ours were taller and slower.
Modifies a noun
banco: The la uxmal and princess cruise to mexico kabah sail from the spanish galleons banco.
Noun used with modifier
- pirate: The plot follows a young man found at sea by a young girl after an attack by the pirate galleon The Black Pearl.
- treasure: George was a naval officer who gained fame and fortune by capturing a Spanish treasure galleon.
- war: Spanish Armada - A fleet of war galleons sent in 1588 by Philip II of Spain to capture the English thrown.
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