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Webster 1913 Edition

Galleass

Gal′le-ass

(?; 135)

,

Noun.

[F.

galéasse

,

galéace

; cf. It.

galeazza

, Sp.

galeaza

; LL.

galea

a galley. See

.]

(Naut.)

A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See

, and

.

[Written variously

galeas

,

gallias

, etc.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Galleass

GAL'LEASS.

[See Galeas.]