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What is a galleass?

What is a galleass? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical, historical) A type of rowable vessel of the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to a galley but larger, and normally equipped with sails.
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Compared to the low, crowded galley, the galleass was a roomy and much more seaworthy ship.
The galleass had gone on the sands, and as the tide ebbed had fallen over on her side.
The galleass was a larger, heavier form of galley, with three masts and often with a raised, protected platform at the stern and bow from which cannon were fired.
La Girona1588, Lacada Point, County Antrim A GALLEASS of the Spanish Armada had taken on 800 survivors from two other wrecks only to sink in a gale.
The galleass represented in Fig. 46 had a circular forecastle in which were mounted several guns, to be used in end-on attack.
The galleass was the most splendid vessel of her kind afloat, Don Hugo one of the greatest of Spanish grandees.

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