Definition of "galliot" [gal•li•ot]

• Variant of galiot. (noun)

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• "The galliot is the feet and hands of these islands, and that which serves as a caracoa; for, glory be to God, the Meldicas [_sic; sc. _ mestizos] and native Christians are wanting to me."
• "From the galliot, our navigators got a small quantity of pitch, tar, cordage, and twine, and a hundred and forty skins of flour, containing 13,782 lbs. English."
• "On the morning of the 10th, a Russian galliot, from Okotzk, was towed into the harbour."