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Definition of Galleasses
1. galleass [n] - See also: galleass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galleasses
Literary usage of Galleasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calendar of Letters and State Papers Relating to English Affairs: Preserved by Great Britain Public Record Office, Archivo General de Simancas (1899)
"On the same night the Duke sent orders to the four galleasses, that two of them were
... In the night, orders came for the galleasses to approach the enemy, ..."
2. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"The Venetians also had 11 galleasses (galee grosse) under Francesco Duodo, the
great galleon called the Fausto, and 10 navi with four small galleys ..."
3. Drake and the Tudor Navy: With a History of the Rise of England as a by Julian Stafford Corbett (1898)
"It was Leyva in his Levanter, the ' Rata,' says the ' Diario,' that accompanied
the galleasses to the rescue ' with other vessels. ..."
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