galleass

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A huge galleass had her rudder broken and drifted helplessly with the tide.

From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer

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

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

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 Froude, James Anthony

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 Froude, James Anthony