galleass
Example Sentences
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Day after day we watched for Spanish sails; for the plate fleets went that way, and some galleass or caravel or galleon might stray aside.
From To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston
The number of oars or sweeps varied, the larger galley having twenty-five on each side; the galleass as many as thirty-two, each being worked by several men.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
The galleass was patched up, and De Leyva ventured an attempt to make his way in her to Scotland.
From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by James Anthony Froude
The English attacked the stranded galleass in pinnaces and boats, Howard with some of the larger ships standing by "to give the men comfort and countenance."
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by John Richard Hale
The galleass was the most splendid vessel of her kind afloat, Don Hugo one of the greatest of Spanish grandees.
From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by James Anthony Froude
