galleass
Example Sentences
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As the fight went on the Spaniards worked slowly towards the north-east edging off the land, for their deep draught and the fate of Moncada's galleass made them anxious about the Flanders shoals.
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard
The galleass was shattered to matchwood, and Leyva perished with all on board save five who swam ashore.
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard
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
None, madam, 'twas all whipped out o' me aboard the 'Esmeralda' galleass.
From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery
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
