galleass

Example Sentences

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None, madam, 'twas all whipped out o' me aboard the 'Esmeralda' galleass.

From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery

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 had a high forecastle and poop, each with its battery of guns, pointing ahead, astern, and on each side.

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 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