Definition of "galleot" [gal•le•ot]

• Alternative form of galliot. (noun)

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• "The boats were called galleys, galleots, brigantines ( "_galeotas ligeras o vergãtines_," or _frigatas_), &c., according to their size: a galleot is a small galley, while a brigantine may be called a quarter galley."
• "These were often speculative shopkeepers, who invested in a part share of a galleot on the chance of a prize, and who often discovered that ruin lay in so hazardous a lottery."
• "When his patron was engaged at the siege of Malta in 1565, young Murād gave him the slip, and went on a private cruise of his own, in which he contrived to split his galleot upon a rock."