galleass
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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 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 John Richard Hale
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
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 James Anthony Froude
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 James Anthony Froude
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