dromond


drom·ond

D0395400 (drŏm′ənd, drŭm′-)n. Nautical A large medieval sailing galley.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman dromund, from Late Latin dromō, dromōn-, a kind of ship, from Late Greek dromōn, from Greek dromos, race.]

dromond

(ˈdrɒmənd; ˈdrʌm-) or

dromon

n (Nautical Terms) a large swift sailing vessel of the 12th to 15th centuries[C13: from Anglo-French dromund, ultimately from Late Greek dromōn light swift ship, from dromos a running]