galleonn.

Brit.

/ˈɡalɪən/, U.S.

/ˈɡæliən/,

/ˈɡæljən/

Forms: 1500s–1600s galion, gallion, (Scottish galȝeon, gailȝeown), 1600s galeoon, gallioon, gallioun, 1500s–1800s galeon, 1700s–1800s galloon, 1600s– galleon.

Etymology: < French galion, and Spanish galeon, Italian galeone (= Portuguese galeão), medieval Latin galiōn-em, galeōn-em, derivative of galea a galley. The form galloon is probably colloquial from nautical usage.

a. A kind of vessel, shorter but higher than the galley; a ship of war, esp. Spanish; also, the large vessels used by the Spanish in carrying on trade with their American possessions (in modern usage chiefly in this connection).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > types of vessel used for war trade > [noun]

dromond13..

hagboat1353

cog1373

cog ship1376

carrackc1386

dromedary?c1475

galleon1529

drumbler1598

hag1725

CAM1943

1529 D. Lindsay Compl. 406 Idyll lownis Sall fetterit be in the gailȝeownis.

a1608 F. Vere Comm. (1657) 27 Fortie or fiftie tall ships, whereof were four of the kings greatest and warlikest Gallions.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 449 There were four Galeoons..every one of them carrying fifty Guns, or more, and near 700 men.

1761–2 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. xlii. 491 A hundred were galleons..of greater size than any ever before used in Europe.

1805 C. Dibdin in Naval Chron. 13 394 We took A Galloon, And the Crew touch'd the Agent for cash to some tune.

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 213 In a few years they had compelled eleven Spanish galleons to strike their flags.

b. figurative. A great prize or catch, referring to the capture of Spanish galleons by English privateers.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder > item of > large

galleon1707

1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem iv. 54 This Prize will be a Galleon, a Vigo Business—I warrant you we shall bring off three or four thousand Pound.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	galleon
释义	galleonn. Brit. /ˈɡalɪən/, U.S. /ˈɡæliən/, /ˈɡæljən/ Forms: 1500s–1600s galion, gallion, (Scottish galȝeon, gailȝeown), 1600s galeoon, gallioon, gallioun, 1500s–1800s galeon, 1700s–1800s galloon, 1600s– galleon. Etymology: < French galion, and Spanish galeon, Italian galeone (= Portuguese galeão), medieval Latin galiōn-em, galeōn-em, derivative of galea a galley. The form galloon is probably colloquial from nautical usage. a. A kind of vessel, shorter but higher than the galley; a ship of war, esp. Spanish; also, the large vessels used by the Spanish in carrying on trade with their American possessions (in modern usage chiefly in this connection). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > types of vessel used for war trade > [noun] dromond13.. hagboat1353 cog1373 cog ship1376 carrackc1386 dromedary?c1475 galleon1529 drumbler1598 hag1725 CAM1943 1529 D. Lindsay Compl. 406 Idyll lownis Sall fetterit be in the gailȝeownis. a1608 F. Vere Comm. (1657) 27 Fortie or fiftie tall ships, whereof were four of the kings greatest and warlikest Gallions. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 449 There were four Galeoons..every one of them carrying fifty Guns, or more, and near 700 men. 1761–2 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. xlii. 491 A hundred were galleons..of greater size than any ever before used in Europe. 1805 C. Dibdin in Naval Chron. 13 394 We took A Galloon, And the Crew touch'd the Agent for cash to some tune. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 213 In a few years they had compelled eleven Spanish galleons to strike their flags. b. figurative. A great prize or catch, referring to the capture of Spanish galleons by English privateers. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder > item of > large galleon1707 1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem iv. 54 This Prize will be a Galleon, a Vigo Business—I warrant you we shall bring off three or four thousand Pound. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1529
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