- 1. n. A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley. Source: opted
- 2. A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley. [Written variously galeas, gallias, etc.] Note: "The galleasses . . . were a third larger than the ordinary galley, and rowed each by three hundred galley slaves. They consisted of an enormous towering structure at the stern, a castellated structure almost equally massive in front, with seats for the rowers amidships." Motley. Source: webster
- 3. A large galley, having some features of the galleon, asbroadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations ofEurope in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley.[Written variously galeas, gallias, etc.] Source: adambom
- 4. n. A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley. Source: ecdict
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