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galleon|ˈgælɪən|
Forms: 6–7 galion, gallion, (Sc. galȝeon, gailȝeown), 7 galeoon, gallioon, -oun, 6–9 galeon, 8–9 galloon, 7– galleon.
[a. F. galion, and Sp. galeon, It. galeone (= Pg. galeão), med.L. galiōn-em, galeōn-em, deriv. of galea a galley. The form galloon is probably colloq. from nautical usage.]
A kind of vessel, shorter but higher than the galley; a ship of war, esp. Spanish; also, the large vessels used by the Spaniards in carrying on trade with their American possessions (in modern usage chiefly in this connexion).
1529Lyndesay Complaynt 406 Idyll lownis Sall fetterit be in the gailȝeownis. a1608Sir F. Vere Comm. 27 Fortie or fiftie tall ships, whereof were four of the kings greatest and warlikest Gallions. 1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 449 There were four Galeoons..every one of them carrying fifty Guns, or more, and near 700 men. 1761–2Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. xlii. 491 A hundred were galleons..of greater size than any ever before used in Europe. 1805Dibdin in Naval Chron. XIII. 394 We took A Galloon, And the Crew touch'd the Agent for cash to some tune. 1872Yeats Growth Comm. 213 In a few years they had compelled eleven Spanish galleons to strike their flags.
b. fig. A great prize or catch, referring to the capture of Spanish galleons by English privateers.
1706–7Farquhar Beaux Strat. iv. ii, This Prize will be a Galleon, a Vigo Business. I warrant you we shall bring off three or four thousand Pound. |