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Definition of "galiot" [gal•i•ot]

  • Nautical A light, swift galley formerly used in the Mediterranean. (noun)
  • Nautical A light, single-masted, flatbottom Dutch merchant ship. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "galiot" in a sentence
  • "And when they be nigh him with the cross, then he doth adown his galiot that sits on his head in manner of a chaplet, that is made of gold and precious stones and great pearls, and it is so rich, that men prize it to the value of"
  • "Philipina_, and a galiot was built and despatched to the group (it is doubtful which), named by this expedition the _Philippine Islands_ in honour of Philip, Prince of Asturias, the son of King Charles I., heir apparent to the throne of Castile, to which he ascended in 1555 under the title of Philip II. on the abdication of his father."
  • "There came a small English ship in from sea, when an English galiot, lying close in shore, weighed anchor and set sail in order to speak to her."