Galleon

Gal′le-on

,

Noun.

[Sp.

galeon

, cf. F.

galion

; fr. LL.

galeo

,

galio

. See

Galley

.]

(Naut.)

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, round-stemmed, clumsy vessels, with bulwarks three or four feet thick, and built up at stem and stern, like castles.

Motley.

Galleon

GAL'LEON

,

Noun.

A large ship formerly used by the Spaniards, in their commerce with South America, usually furnished with four decks.

galleon

English

Noun

galleon ‎(plural galleons)

(nautical) A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.

Translations

large sailing ship

Basque: galeoi
Catalan: galió (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西班牙大帆船 ‎(xībānyá dà fánchuán), 加利恩帆船 ‎(jiālì'ēn fānchuán), 蓋倫帆船, 盖伦帆船 ‎(gàilún fānchuán), 大型帆船 ‎(dàxíng fānchuán)
Czech: galeona (cs) f
Danish: galeon
Dutch: galjoen (nl)
Estonian: galeoon
Finnish: kaljuuna (fi), galeoni
French: galion (fr) m
German: Galeone (de) f
Hebrew: גליאון (he) m
Hungarian: galleon
Icelandic: galíon

Italian: galeone (it)
Japanese: ガレオン船 ‎(gareon fune)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: gallion m

Nynorsk: gallion m
Polish: galeon (pl) m
Portuguese: galeão (pt) m
Romanian: galion (ro)
Russian: галео́н (ru) m ‎(galeón)
Serbo-Croatian: галеон m, галијун m
Roman: galeon m, galijun (sh) m
Spanish: galeón (es) m
Swedish: galeon (sv)
Tagalog: galyon, galeyon
Turkish: kalyon (tr)
Ukrainian: галіон m ‎(halion)

Anagrams

allonge

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Webster 1913 Edition

Galleon

Gal′le-on

Webster 1828 Edition

Galleon

GAL'LEON

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