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galleon
gal·le·on G0018500 (găl′ē-ən, găl′yən)n. A large three-masted sailing ship with a square rig and usually two or more decks, used from the 16th to the 18th century especially by Spain as a merchant ship or warship.
[Spanish galeon, from Old Spanish, augmentative of galea, galley, from Old French galie; see galley.]galleon (ˈɡælɪən) n (Nautical Terms) nautical a large sailing ship having three or more masts, lateen-rigged on the after masts and square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast, used as a warship or trader from the 15th to the 18th centuries[C16: from Spanish galeón, from French galion, from Old French galie galley]gal•le•on (ˈgæl i ən, ˈgæl yən)
n. a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts. [1520–30; < Sp galeón, augmentative of galea galley] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  galleon - a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuriescarack, carrack - a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantmansailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts |
Translationsgalleon (ˈgӕliən) noun in former times, a large, usually Spanish, sailing-ship. 四班牙大帆船 大型帆船galleon
galleon, oceangoing warship used by the European naval powers in the 15th and 16th cent. A large, cumbersome vessel, the galleon was three-masted and square-rigged, usually with two decks, and with its main batteries in broadsides. Galleons were much used to transport treasure and other cargo from the Americas, particularly by Spanish and Portuguese traders. The military disadvantage of the typical galleon was shown clearly in the defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588), when unwieldy Spanish galleons were outmaneuvered by the lighter, swifter English vessels constructed by John HawkinsHawkins or Hawkyns, Sir John,
1532–95, English admiral. In 1562–63 and in 1564–65 he led extremely profitable expeditions that captured slaves on the W African coast, shipped them across the Atlantic,
..... Click the link for more information. .galleon Nautical a large sailing ship having three or more masts, lateen-rigged on the after masts and square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast, used as a warship or trader from the 15th to the 18th centuries galleon
Words related to galleonnoun a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more mastsRelated Words- carack
- carrack
- sailing ship
- sailing vessel
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