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Definition of Galiot
1. n. A small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, built mainly for speed. It was moved both by sails and oars, having one mast, and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers.
Definition of Galiot
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of galliot) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Galiot
1. galliot [n -S] - See also: galliot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galiot
Literary usage of Galiot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. pennsylvania archives by Pennsylvania State Library, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth (1878)
"... Aruba, etc, residing at Fort Amsterdam in New- Netherland. By the galiot,
which God may guide. ..."
2. Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope by Jan van Riebeeck (1898)
"We doubt whether van Campen will return to you, as we fear that shortly after
our departure an English ship may arrive before the galiot which you intend to ..."
3. Chronicles of Cape Commanders: Or, An Abstract of Original Manuscripts in by George McCall Theal (1882)
"The galiot Noord is sent from Table Buy along the east coast. ... Return of the
galiot to Table Bay. Information obtained from the wrecked seamen. ..."
4. The Annals of Natal: 1495 to 1845 by John Bird (1888)
"April 15 The Commander being meanwhile disinclined to keep the galiot, the "
Noord," unemployed, sent her on the 19th October, well manned and supplied, ..."
5. History of South Africa (1486-1691) by George McCall Theal (1888)
"... galiot Noord is sent from Table Bay along the east coast—Delagoa Bay is
surveyed—The Bay of Natal is entered— Two seamen of the Stavenisse are recovered ..."
6. Pennsylvania Archives by Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, George Edward Reed, Pennsylvania State Library, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban (1877)
"0.0 ditto Jan Claesen, seaman of the galiot, " 32, 33. 0.0 ditto Jan Jochemsen,
pilot of the galiot, " 33, S4. ..."
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