galleass

Example Sentences

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He took the galleass at last, after three hours' fighting.

From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by Froude, James Anthony

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 Johnston, Mary

The galleass had gone on the sands, and as the tide ebbed had fallen over on her side.

From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by Froude, James Anthony

Already before the fog lifted a fast galleass had brought the news down Channel that the Spanish were on the sea, and the King's fleet was under way.

From Sir Nigel by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

I was rising seventeen, as I said, and gunner's mate aboard the Anne Gallant, a noble galleass.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert