Galleon meaning

găl'ē-ən, găl'yən
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.
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A large three-masted sailing ship with a square rig and usually two or more decks, used from the 15th to the 17th century especially by Spain as a merchant ship or warship.
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(nautical) A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.
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Origin of galleon

Spanish galeon from Old Spanish augmentative of galea galley from Old French galie galley

Sentence Examples

  • The result was that the command of the Acapulco galleon was rarely worth less than $50,000.

  • The other popular style is the galleon coat associated with pirates.

  • The prizemoney earned by the capture of the galleon had made him a rich man for life, and under the influence of irritation caused by the refusal of the admiralty to confirm a captain's commission he had given to one of his officers, Anson refused the rank of rearadmiral, and was prepared to leave the service.

  • In 1685-86 the Pacific coast was ravaged by Dampier and Swan, and in 1709 Woodes Rogers, with Dampier as pilot, captured the Manila treasure galleon, a feat repeated by Anson in 1743.

  • The English galleon, it was of a much more modern than design, ours were taller and slower.

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