galliot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The galliot was, like all Dutch craft, of great beam, with bluff bows and an ugly square stern.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
Under the fire of the St. Louis, the galliot, and two bomb vessels, the troops landed and advanced without opposition within a quarter of a league of the fort.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
This vessel was a new galliot, of about 300 tons.
From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles
He was rescued by a galliot the owner of which was Pedro's grandfather.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
Another vessel, also a Dutch galliot, picked up 13 more.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
